This is a shawabty belonging to an unidentified queen. The object was broken in two pieces and is not mended. The female figure wears a tripartite wig. Here the hands are opposed and the arms are not crossed. This mummiform shape does not have a back pillar or base. The shawabty is uninscribed....
Provenance
From Nubia (Sudan), el-Kurru, Ku. 62 (tomb of Queen?). 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 Shabaka, 712–698 B.C.
Findspot
el-Kurru, Nubia (Sudan)
Dimensions
Overall: 3.9 cm (1 9/16 in.)
Accession Number
21.13809
Medium or Technique
Faience