Accession No

1932.456 D


Description

String of Beads; Bead; Jewellery - Includes amulet.


Place

Africa; North Africa; Egypt; Matmar


Period

First Intermediate VIII


Source

Clarke, Louis Colville Gray


Department

Arch


Reference Numbers

1932.456 D; MAA: 1932.456; 31/5323


Cultural Affliation


Material

Stone; Carnelian; Steatite


Local Term


Measurements


Events

Context (CMS Context)
From ankle of corpse; Found: Grave 5323; Excavated by Brunton.G in 1931; Ref. Plate: XXVII
Event Date 30/5/1991
Author: maa


Description (CMS Description)
Includes amulet.
Event Date 30/5/1991
Author: maa


Description (CMS Description)
A short string of beads with an amulet. The carnelian amulet is of a leg and foot. The beads consist of three steatite stone beads, two tube shaped and one barrel shaped, and four carnelian beads, one tube shaped and three barrel shaped.
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, LXXII.
Event Date 13/5/2014
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson


FM:39096

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