Statue of Lady Sennuwy From Nubia (Sudan), Kerma, K III hall A., Middle Kingdom, reign of Senwosret I, 1971–1926 B.C.E. Granodiorite, size including base: 170.2 x 116.2 x 47 cm, 1224.71 kg (67 x 45 3/4 x 18 1/2 in., 2700 lb.) Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition 1914, MFA #14.720 |
"One of the masterpieces of Middle Kingdom sculpture, this statue portrays Sennuwy, the wife of a powerful governor of Asyut in central Egypt. The fine workmanship indicates that it was made in a royal workshop. Originally, the statue probably stood in the couple's tomb chapel or a temple. However, it was discovered in the Tumulus burial of a ruler of the kingdom of Kerma, far to the south of Egypt in modern day Sudan, where it was buried some two centuries after Sennuwy's death." (From info card)
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