This is a head fragment of a shawabty belonging to King Amtalqa. The figure wears the king's nemes headdress with uraeus and has a long beard. The tip of the beard is chipped and there are chips off the back of the headdress. When complete, shawabtys of King Amtalqa have eight horizontal lines...
Provenance
From Nubia (Sudan), Nuri, Pyramid 9 (tomb of Aramatelka). 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.
Credit Line
Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Nubian, Napatan Period, reign of Aramatelka (Amtalqa), 568–555 B.C.
Findspot
Nuri, Nubia (Sudan)
Dimensions
Overall: 7.8 cm (3 1/16 in.)
Accession Number
17-1-838
Medium or Technique
Faience