Accession No
1932.454 C
Description
String of Beads; Bead; Jewellery - String of shell(?) and glazed steatite and felspar beads.
Place
Africa; North Africa; Egypt; Matmar
Period
I Intermediate VII Dynasty VIII Dynasty
Source
Clarke, Louis Colville Gray
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
1932.454 C; MAA: 1932.454; 31/3047
Cultural Affliation
Material
Steatite; Stone; Â ?Shell; Felspar
Local Term
Measurements
Events
Context (CMS Context)
General note for 1932.454: Card says " four strings all from ?null (I can' t make sense of the last word); Found: Grave 3047; Excavated by Brunton.G in 1931; Ref. Plate: XXVII
Event Date 30/5/1991
Author: maa
Description (CMS Description)
String of shell(?) and glazed steatite and felspar beads.
Event Date 30/5/1991
Author: maa
Description (CMS Description)
A long string of mainly shell round or disc beads. In addition there are eight small faience beads, two glazed steatite tube beads and one feldspar barrel bead.
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. XXVII.
Event Date 13/5/2014
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson
FM:39090
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