Accession No

1931.929 A


Description

A cone shell bead.


Place

Africa; North Africa; Egypt; Badari Province; Matmar


Period

Badarian


Source

Clarke, Louis C. G. [monetary donor]; Brunton, Guy [excavator]


Department

Arch


Reference Numbers

1931.929 A; 30/2516


Cultural Affliation


Material

Shell; Mother of Pearl


Local Term


Measurements


Events

Context (Field collection)
Found in grave 2516 and excavated by Guy Brunton in 1930.
Event Date 1930
Author: maa


Description (Physical description)
A: Cone shell bead
B: ?Nassa shell bead
C: Steatite pendant or very eccentric bead
D-E: Mother of pearl fish-hooks, the surfaces of which are starting to splinter off.
F: Broken and repaired bowl South of head in grave. The exterior has areas of black from the firing process. Large chips remain in the rim and the body.
Event Date 1931
Author: maa


Context (References)
Brunton, Guy. (1948). British Museum Expedition to Middle Egypt 1929-1931 Matmar. Bernard Quaritch Ltd: London. p. 8, 100. pl. III, V, LXX.
Event Date 1948
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson


Context (References)
Horn, M. (2017). 'Re-appraising the Tasian-Badarian Divide in the Qau-Matmar Region: A Critical Review of Cultural Proxies and a Comparative Analysis of Burial Dress', in: B. Midant-Reynes / Y. Tristant / E. M. Ryan (eds.), Egypt at its Origins 5. Proceedings of the Fifth International Conference “Origin of the State. Predynastic and Early Dynastic Egypt”, Cairo, 13th–18th April 2014, Orientalia Lovaniensia Analecta 260 (Leuven / Paris / Walpole (MA): Peeters) 335-377.
Event Date 2017
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)


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