"Nub" sign inlay
Object type: Inlay, hieroglyph, nub sign
Department: Egyptian Art
Period: Third Intermediate Period–Late Period
Dynasty: Dynasty 21–30
Date: ca. 1070–343 B.C.
Medium: Black stone
Dimensions: L. 3.1 × W. 1.5 × Th. 0.5 cm (1 1/4 × 9/16 × 3/16 in.)
Geography: From    Egypt Upper Egypt, Thebes Southern Asasif
Locale: Unfinished Temple Site
Excavation: MMA excavations, 1920–22
Credit line: Rogers Fund and Edward S. Harkness Gift, 1922
Accession year: 1922