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ID 1975
ACCESSION NUMBER 26183
SUBJECT beads
DESCRIPTION 16 ring-beads: these ring-beads have an unsmoothed surface, and the shape is not circular. The method of manufacture is quite rough and the shape of every bead is different from the others.
CHRONOLOGY Classic Kerma
CHRONOLOGICAL RANGE 1750-1550 BC
MATERIAL faience
MATERIAL (Note) faience
DIAMETER (cm) 0.2
ORNAMENTS_DESCRIPTION 16 ring-beads: these ring-beads have an unsmoothed surface, and the shape is not circular. The method of manufacture is quite rough and the shape of every bead is different from the others.
PRESERVATION STATE Complete
MUSEUM MAH GENEVA
SPECIFIC LOCATION Storerooms
LINK ON-LINE https://collections.geneve.ch/mah/
Coordinates N 21°04′00″ E 30°43′00″
SECTOR 21-N-50
SPECIFIC CONTEXT Tomb 178-3
ARCHAEOLOGICAL MISSION Mission archéologique de la Fondation Henry M. Blackmer et du Centre d'études orientales de l'Université de Genève
DIRECTOR OF THE MISSION C. Maystre
YEAR OF EXCAVATION 1970-1971
CREDIT LINE MAH, Musée d'art et d'histoire, Ville de Genève
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Suggested Citation

Elena D’Itria. (2024) "Item 1975 from Africa/Sudan/Akasha". In The Amulets of the Kerma Culture. Elena D’Itria (Ed). Released: In prep. Open Context. <https://opencontext.org/subjects/0092ef47-882c-4a57-a263-f1a1674bc146> ARK (Archive): https://n2t.net/ark:/28722/k2ff46v86

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