Accession No

1932.437


Description

String of Beads; Amulets; Bead; Jewellery; Amulet - One hand, four eyes, one tortoise.


Place

Africa; North Africa; Egypt; Matmar


Period

Old Kingdom VI


Source

Clarke, Louis Colville Gray


Department

Arch


Reference Numbers

1932.437; 31/3220


Cultural Affliation


Material

Faience; Stone; Carnelian


Local Term


Measurements


Events

Context (CMS Context)
Found: Grave 3220; Excavated by Brunton.G in 1931; Ref. Plate: XXV
Event Date 30/5/1991
Author: maa


Description (CMS Description)
One hand, four eyes, one tortoise.
Event Date 30/5/1991
Author: maa


Description (CMS Description)
A string of beads and amulets in various shapes and forms. The beads are made up of a number of carnelian beads in barrel and rondelle shapes. The majority of beads are of faience and these are in the forms of small seed beads, a tube bead and a number of double cone shaped crumb beads. Two shell beads are at either end. The carnelian amulets consist of a hand, four roughly shaped Wadjet eyes and one tortoise.
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. XXV, XXXI, XXXII, LXXI.
Event Date 13/5/2014
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson


FM:39062

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