Accession No
1932.438 B
Description
String of Beads; Bead; Jewellery - Includes some amulets.
Place
Africa; North Africa; Egypt; Matmar
Period
First Intermediate VIII
Source
Clarke, Louis Colville Gray
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
1932.438 B; MAA: 1932.438; 31/5333
Cultural Affliation
Material
Faience; Stone; Carnelian; Metal; Copper
Local Term
Measurements
Events
Context (CMS Context)
Found: Grave 381; Excavated by Brunton.G in 1931; Ref. Plate: XXV
Event Date 30/5/1991
Author: maa
Description (CMS Description)
Includes some amulets.
Event Date 30/5/1991
Author: maa
Description (CMS Description)
A very short string of beads and possibly an ?amulet. These consist of two small carnelian beads, a long barrel shaped stone bead and a blue faience bead or amulet with a hole in the surface. The last bead is very corroded and could possibly be metal (?copper).
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, LXXI.
Event Date 13/5/2014
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson
FM:39064
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