Accession No
1932.456 B
Description
String of Beads; Bead; Jewellery - Carnelian; Stone String of Beads; Bead; Jewellery.
Place
Africa; North Africa; Egypt; Matmar
Period
First Intermediate VIII
Source
Clarke, Louis Colville Gray
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
1932.456 B; MAA: 1932.456; 31/5323
Cultural Affliation
Material
Stone; Carnelian
Local Term
Measurements
Events
Context (CMS Context)
From neck of corpse; Found: Grave 5323; Excavated by Brunton.G in 1931; Ref. Plate: XXVII
Event Date 30/5/1991
Author: maa
Description (CMS Description)
Carnelian; Stone String of Beads; Bead; Jewellery.
Event Date 30/5/1991
Author: maa
Description (CMS Description)
A short string of beads and amulets. These consist of one leg and foot carnelian amulet and one carnelian Wadjet eye amulet. The beads consist of four stone tube beads, possibly steatite, and three carnelian beads in the shapes of a rondelle, a barrel and a short tube.
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.
Event Date 13/5/2014
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson
FM:39093
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