Accession No
1931.963 B-C
Description
Bead; Jewellery - Shell; Faience Bead; Jewellery
Place
Africa; North Africa; Egypt; Matmar
Period
Archaic Egyptian Protodynastic
Source
Clarke, Louis Colville Gray
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
1931.963 B-C; MAA: 1931.963; 1931.963 B; 1931.963 C; 30/915
Cultural Affliation
Material
Shell; Faience
Local Term
Measurements
Events
Context (CMS Context)
Found: Grave 915; Excavated by Brunton.G in 1930; Ref. Plate: XX
Event Date 30/5/1991
Author: maa
Description (CMS Description)
Shell; Faience Bead; Jewellery
Event Date 30/5/1991
Author: maa
Context (CMS Context)
A label attached with string reads 'PROTO DYNASTIC MATMAR' in red ink and 'BRUNTON EXPEDITION' in black ink. Another label attached with string reads 'PROTO' in black ink. It is because of this that Protodynastic has been added to the Period field.
Event Date 7/11/2013
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson
Description (CMS Description)
One small tube shaped blue faience bead and one shell pierced for suspension.
Event Date 7/11/2013
Author: maa
Context (CMS Context)
(Bib): Brunton, Guy. 1948. British Museum Expedition to Middle Egypt 1929-1931 Matmar. London: Bernard Quaritch Ltd.
Event Date 9/5/2014
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson
FM:39053
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