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Inscribed corner fragment

2040–1640 B.C.
FindspotKerma, Nubia (Sudan)
Medium/TechniqueTravertine (Egyptian alabaster)
DimensionsOverall: 16.4 x 3.5 x 3.6 cm (6 7/16 x 1 3/8 x 1 7/16 in.)
Credit LineHarvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession number20.1176b
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsSculpture
Inscriptionsir.n.f di anX Dt (fragment)
ProvenanceFrom Nubia (Sudan), Kerma, K X corridor 5-1. 1914: Excavated by the Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA by the government of Sudan.