One sculpted and polished fragment of shin? of colossal figure. Other fragments 20-1-277.1 and 20-1-277.3 belong to the same figure, but do not join 20-1-277.2. See Documentation for possible other parts of this colossal statue.
Provenance
From Nubia (Sudan) Gebel Barkal, B501 area 0-5m west of and between lines of north and south curtain entrance. 1920: excavated by the Harvard University-Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA by the government of Sudan.
Credit Line
Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Nubian,
Findspot
Gebel Barkal, Nubia (Sudan)
Dimensions
Other: 11 x 16 x 5.5 cm (4 5/16 x 6 5/16 x 2 3/16 in.)
Accession Number
20-1-277.3
Medium or Technique
Black Grano-diorite, with black sparkly inclusions and red inclusions