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Shawabty of King Taharqa

690–664 B.C.
FindspotNuri, Nubia (Sudan)
Medium/TechniqueBrown--green stone
DimensionsOverall: 27.2 x 8.9 cm (10 11/16 x 3 1/2 in.)
Credit LineHarvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession number21.15067
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsTomb equipment
ProvenanceFrom Nubia (Sudan), Nuri, Pyramid 1 (tomb of Taharqa) between A VII 1 and A VII 2. 1917: excavated by the Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA in the division of finds by the government of the Sudan.


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