Accession No

1932.435


Description

String of Beads; Bead; Jewellery - More glaze colour than usual survives.


Place

Africa; North Africa; Egypt; Matmar


Period

Old Kingdom V


Source

Clarke, Louis Colville Gray


Department

Arch


Reference Numbers

1932.435; 31/3228


Cultural Affliation


Material

Steatite; Stone


Local Term


Measurements


Events

Context (CMS Context)
Found: Grave 3228; Excavated by Brunton.G in 1931; Ref. Plate: XXIV
Event Date 30/5/1991
Author: maa


Description (CMS Description)
More glaze colour than usual survives.
Event Date 30/5/1991
Author: maa


Description (CMS Description)
A very long string of pale green glazed steatite stone beads.
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. 100. pl. XXIV, LXXI.
Event Date 13/5/2014
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson


FM:39060

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