Accession No
1931.907 C
Description
Beads: 6 roughly made steatite beads double cone perforation barrel - to disc- the steatite is usually green, in one or two it is much paler. 1 rough convex cone/or hemispherical bead in very pale agate.
Place
Africa; North Africa; Egypt; Matmar
Period
Badarian
Source
Clarke, Louis C G [monetary donor]; Brunton, Guy [excavator]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
1931.907 C; 30/2013
Cultural Affliation
Material
Stone; Steatite; Agate
Local Term
Measurements
Events
Context (Field collection)
Found: Grave 2013
Excavated by G. Brunton in 1930
Event Date 1930
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)
Context (References)
Brunton, Guy. 1948. British Museum Expedition to Middle Egypt 1929-1931 Matmar. London: Bernard Quaritch Ltd. pl. III.
Event Date 1948
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)
Description (CMS Description)
Beads; (a fairly illegible reference) 6 roughly made steatite beads double cone perforation barrel - to disc- the steatite is usually green, in one or two it is much paler. 1 rough convex cone/or hemispherical bead in very pale agate.
Event Date 1/4/1992
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)
Context (References)
M. Horn, 2017. 'Re-appraising the Tasian-Badarian Divide in the Qau-Matmar Region: A Critical Review of Cultural Proxies and a Comparative Analysis of Burial Dress', in: B. Midant-Reynes / Y. Tristant / E. M. Ryan (eds.), Egypt at its Origins 5. Proceedings of the Fifth International Conference “Origin of the State. Predynastic and Early Dynastic Egypt”, Cairo, 13th–18th April 2014, Orientalia Lovaniensia Analecta 260 (Leuven / Paris / Walpole (MA): Peeters) 335-377.
Event Date 2017
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)
FM:278531
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