This is a shawabty belonging to King Tanwetamani. The male figure wears a tripartite wig and has a long beard. There is one unframed column of incised text on the front of the figure. This mummiform shape does not have a back pillar or base. Here the hands are opposed and the arms are not...
Provenance
From el-Kurru, Ku. 16 (tomb of Tanwetamani), debris. 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.
Credit Line
Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Nubian, Napatan Period, reign of Tanwetamani, 664–653 B.C.
Findspot
el-Kurru, Nubia (Sudan)
Dimensions
Overall: 5.5 cm (2 3/16 in.)
Accession Number
21.12936
Medium or Technique
Faience