Accession No
1932.511 I
Description
A triangular bone inlay perforated with 4 holes at the shortest side. The tip is chipped. Possibly used as a spacer bead but has lost the perforation at the chipped pointed end.
Place
Africa; North Africa; Egypt; Matmar
Period
New Kingdom XIX
Source
Clarke, Louis Colville Gray [monetary donor]; Brunton, Guy [excavator]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
1932.511 I; 31/894 [Excavation No.]
Cultural Affliation
Material
Bone
Local Term
Measurements
Events
Context (Field collection)
Found in deposit 894 and excavated by Guy Brunton in 1931.
Event Date 1931
Author: maa
Context (Found together / assemblage)
Deposit of ancient bones, including hippopotamus, apparently associated with the cult of Seth.
Event Date 1931
Author: maa
Context (References)
Brunton, Guy. (1948). British Museum Expedition to Middle Egypt 1929-1931 Matmar. Bernard Quaritch Ltd: London. p. 66. pl. ?LIII.
Event Date 1948
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson
Description (Physical description)
A triangular bone inlay perforated with 4 holes at the shortest side. The tip is chipped.
Event Date 6/8/2013
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
Possibly used as a spacer bead but has lost the perforation at the chipped pointed end.
Event Date 8/7/2019
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson
FM:36605
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