Accession No
1932.450
Description
String of Beads; Bead; Jewellery - Includes some amulets: faience crocodile, carnelian shell.
Place
Africa; North Africa; Egypt; Matmar
Period
First Intermediate VIII
Source
Brunton, Guy [excavator]; Clarke, Louis Colville Gray
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
1932.450; 31/583
Cultural Affliation
Material
Faience; Stone; Carnelian; Shell
Local Term
Measurements
Events
Context (CMS Context)
Found: Grave 583; Excavated by Brunton.G in 1931; Ref. Plate: XXVII : XL
Event Date 30/5/1991
Author: maa
Description (CMS Description)
Includes some amulets: faience crocodile, carnelian shell.
Event Date 30/5/1991
Author: maa
Description (CMS Description)
A short string of beads and amulets with a large piece of a shell in the centre. The beads and amulets are made of carnelian and faience.
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. XXVII, XXXII, LXXII.
Event Date 13/5/2014
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson
FM:39082
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