Accession No
1932.451 C
Description
String of Beads; Bead; Jewellery - Faience; ?Glass String of Beads; Bead; Jewellery.
Place
Africa; North Africa; Egypt; Matmar
Period
First Intermediate VIII
Source
Clarke, Louis Colville Gray
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
1932.451 C; MAA: 1932.451; 31/1315
Cultural Affliation
Material
Faience; Â ?Glass; Shell
Local Term
Measurements
Events
Context (CMS Context)
Found: Grave 1315; Excavated by Brunton.G in 1931; Ref. Plate: XXVII
Event Date 30/5/1991
Author: maa
Description (CMS Description)
Faience; ?Glass String of Beads; Bead; Jewellery.
Event Date 30/5/1991
Author: maa
Description (CMS Description)
A string of black beads interspersed with five blue faience beads of various shapes. In addition there is one carnelian bead and possibly two ?amulets, one blue and one yellow. There is one shell pierced at the top and acts as a pendant in the centre.
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. 36. pl. XXVI, XXXII.
Event Date 13/5/2014
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson
FM:39084
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