This is a head and shoulders fragment of a shawabty of King Shabaka. The male figure wears a tripartite wig and has a long beard. There is one unframed column of black painted text on the back. This mummiform shape does not have a back pillar or base. There is a surface crack from the bottom of...
Provenance
From Nubia (Sudan), el-Kurru, Pyramid 15 (tomb of King Shabaka), debris of chambers. 1919: 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. (Accession Date: September 8, 2006)
Credit Line
Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Nubian, Napatan Period, reign of Shabaka, 712–698 B.C.
Findspot
el-Kurru, Nubia (Sudan)
Dimensions
Overall: 9 cm (3 9/16 in.)
Accession Number
21.12849
Medium or Technique
Faience