This is a shawabty belonging to Queen Nefrukekashta. The female figure wears a tripartite wig with uraeus. There is one very badly worn unframed column of text painted in black on the front of the figure. When legible, the text reads "Osiris Nefrukekashta." This mummiform shape does not have a...
Provenance
From Nubia (Sudan), el-Kurru, Pyramid 52 (tomb of Queen Nefrukekashta).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 Piye (Piankhy), 743–712 B.C.
Findspot
el-Kurru, Nubia (Sudan)
Dimensions
Overall: 9.7 cm (3 13/16 in.)
Accession Number
21.13073
Medium or Technique
Faience