Context (CMS Context)
Note on card reads: "cf. 1924.879 C Egyptian cemetery Q 2000 - 1700 B.C. Q Kerma, Sudan". It is unclear whether Z 18022-Z 18026 are part of the collection of faience fragments catalogued under 1924.879 C , or if they are also from the cemetery at Kerma, or are just similar. Date: ?20 Century BC; ?19 Century BC; ?18 Century BC. 2000-1700 BC
Event Date 21/5/1992
Author: maa

Description (CMS Description)
Faience ball in light and dark blue longitudinal stripes
Event Date 21/5/1992
Author: maa

Context (CMS Context)
The note written on the catalogue cards for Z 18022 - Z 18026, comparing these balls of faience and basketry to 1924.879 C, have caused considerable confusion. On balance, it is likely that this resulted because the 1924.879 C, from Kerma, Sudan, looks very similar to a broken faience ball such as Z 18022 - Z 10825. However, as Reisner's publication makes clear, 1924.879 C is the base of a round bottomed jar, not a ball and there is no evidence that any of these balls (Z 18022 - Z 18026) come from site(s) in Sudan (they are not listed in Reiser's 1923 Kerma publication) or even date to the same period (Middle Kingdom). However, two of the faience balls are marked with a four number sequence not dissimilar to 1924.879 A-C, which was applied at some point after the photographs were taken for Reiser's publication. It is not currently known by whom or to what they refer. Therefore, the Period of Middle Kingdom should bee seen as tentative, as should Sudan in Place.
Event Date 2/6/2016
Author: Imogen Gunn

Description (CMS Description)
Hollow faience ball in light and dark blue longitudinal stripes. Hole at either end, and a small hole to one side.
Event Date 2/6/2016
Author: Imogen Gunn

Context (CMS Context)
Marked in black ink: '2231'
Event Date 2/6/2016
Author: Imogen Gunn