Accession No
1932.436
Description
String of Beads; Bead; Jewellery - Steatite; Stone String of Beads; Bead; Jewellery.
Place
Africa; North Africa; Egypt; Matmar
Period
Old Kingdom IV-V Â ?IV Â ?V
Source
Clarke, Louis Colville Gray
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
1932.436; 31/3240
Cultural Affliation
Material
Steatite; Stone
Local Term
Measurements
Events
Context (CMS Context)
Found: Grave 3240; Excavated by Brunton.G in 1931; Ref. Plate: XXIV
Event Date 30/5/1991
Author: maa
Description (CMS Description)
Steatite; Stone String of Beads; Bead; Jewellery.
Event Date 30/5/1991
Author: maa
Description (CMS Description)
A string of various shaped green glazed steatite stone beads. There are four round tube, or cylindrical, beads three pale green and one very dark. In addition there are two double cone pale green beads. These six larger beads are interspersed by a number of short round tube shaped 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. pl. XXIV, LXXI.
Event Date 13/5/2014
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson
FM:39061
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