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Lower body fragment of a female statue seated on a throne
Egyptian
Middle Kingdom
Findspot: Nubia (Sudan), Semna
Medium/Technique
Steatite
Dimensions
Height x Length: 21 x 17.5 cm (8 1/4 x 6 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession Number24.742
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsSculpture
DescriptionSlate lower body fragment of a female statue seated on a throne. The sides of the throne are incised with the arms of Upper and Lower Egypt. From the waist up is missing. There is negative space between and behind the legs. The surface is scratched, but polished.
ProvenanceFrom Semna.1924: excavated by the Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA in the division of finds by the government of Sudan.