Accession No
1932.439 A
Description
String of Beads; Bead; Jewellery - String of beads including: six long blue cylinder beads, 1 long barrel steatite bead, 3 green felspar beads.
Place
Africa; North Africa; Egypt; Matmar
Period
Old Kingdom VI
Source
Clarke, Louis Colville Gray
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
1932.439 A; MAA: 1932.439; 31/3315
Cultural Affliation
Material
Faience; Steatite; Felspar; Stone
Local Term
Measurements
Events
Context (CMS Context)
From neck of corpse; Found: Grave 3315; Excavated by Brunton.G in 1931; Ref. Plate: XXV
Event Date 30/5/1991
Author: maa
Description (CMS Description)
String of beads including: six long blue cylinder beads, 1 long barrel steatite bead, 3 green felspar beads.
Event Date 30/5/1991
Author: maa
Description (CMS Description)
Included on this string of beads are six small carnelian beads, five in a rondelle shape and one a small barrel shape.
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. 66. pl. XXV, XXXII, LXXI.
Event Date 13/5/2014
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson
FM:39065
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