This is a shawabty belonging to Queen Masalaye. The object was broken in two pieces and is not mended. The female figure wears a tripartite wig. This mummiform shape does not have a back pillar or base. There are seven horizontal lines of incised text on the back of the figure starting from the...
Provenance
From Nubia (Sudan), Nuri, Pyramid 23 (tomb of Queen Masalaye). 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 Senkamanisken, 643–623 B.C.
Findspot
Nuri, Nubia (Sudan)
Dimensions
Overall: 6.1 cm (2 3/8 in.)
Accession Number
21.14067
Medium or Technique
Faience