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End of nemes headress (?) from sphinx

1427–1400 B.C.
FindspotGebel Barkal, Nubia (Sudan)
Medium/TechniqueGranodiorite
DimensionsOther: 2.2 x 3.3 x 3 cm (7/8 x 1 5/16 x 1 3/16 in.)
Credit LineHarvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession number20-1-258
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsSculpture
ProvenanceFrom Nubia (Sudan) Gebel Barkal, B501, V 76 VIII 1 debris. 1920: excavated by the Harvard University-Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA by the government of Sudan.