Statuary

E7015

From: Egypt | Nubia | Karanog Cemetery

Curatorial Section: Egyptian

Object Number E7015
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Meroitic
Provenience Egypt | Nubia | Karanog Cemetery
Locus G
Date Made 100 BCE-300 CE
Section Egyptian
Materials Sandstone
Description

Female ba figure with no head. Figure wears a long skirt, has breasts, holds an object in the right hand. Feathers of the wings are incised in great detail. Wings extend from the shoulder to the base.

Credit Line The Eckley B. Coxe Jr. Expedition to Nubia, Karanog, Aniba Cemetery; D. Randall-MacIver and C. L. Wooley, 1908

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