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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