This is a shawabty belonging to Queen Nasalsa. The female figure wears the queen's vulture headdress over the tripartite wig but the vulture's head is broken off. This mummiform shape does not have a back pillar or base. There are typically seven horizontal lines of incised text encircling the...
Provenance
From Nubia (Sudan), Nuri, Pyramid 24 (tomb of Queen Nasalsa). 1918: 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: 11.1 cm (4 3/8 in.)
Accession Number
21.14550
Medium or Technique
Faience