The unfinished royal statue at the Tombos quarry, near the Third Nile Cataract in Sudan. Although the original Commons file is titled “Kerma Statue”, its carved details and surrounding boulders match archaeological photographs of Tombos. The king’s identity is uncertain. The camera metadata records 8 June 2016; this is not the upload date. Photograph by MustafaO, reproduced without modification under CC BY-SA 4.0. This historical photograph does not establish present-day conditions or visitor access.
Photograph: MustafaO. Original image and metadata · Licence. Location checked against the University of Munich archaeological field photograph and Schrader’s 2013 Purdue thesis, figure 5.2 (printed p. 111).
