Accession No
1932.431
Description
String of Amulets; Amulet - Faience; Shell; Carnelian; Stone String of Amulets; Amulet.
Place
Africa; North Africa; Egypt; Matmar
Period
Old Kingdom V
Source
Clarke, Louis Colville Gray
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
1932.431; 31/5304
Cultural Affliation
Material
Faience; Shell; Stone; Carnelian
Local Term
Measurements
Events
Context (CMS Context)
Found: Grave 5304; Excavated by Brunton.G in 1931; Ref. Plate: XXIV
Event Date 30/5/1991
Author: maa
Description (CMS Description)
Faience; Shell; Carnelian; Stone String of Amulets; Amulet.
Event Date 30/5/1991
Author: maa
Description (CMS Description)
A string of beads made up of: 1 carnelian double cone shaped bead, 3 parts of shells as beads, 1 small pale green stone bead, possible steatite. These are interspersed with light and dark blue faience beads in various shaped ?amulet forms.
Event Date 3/9/2013
Author: maa
Context (CMS Context)
(Bib): Brunton, Guy. 1948. British Museum Expedition to Middle Egypt 1929-1931 Matmar. London: Bernard Quaritch Ltd. pp. 31. pl. XXIV, LXXI.
Event Date 13/5/2014
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson
FM:39056
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