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| ID | 27 |
| ACCESSION NUMBER | 13 5714 |
| FIELD NUMBER | 13 12 240 |
| SUBJECT | Elongated shape with rounded top |
| DESCRIPTION | This amulet was flat on the back and worked on one face only. It was characterized by two rounded vertical ends, distinguished by an engraved line. This two vertical ends seem to be placed upon a parallelepiped baase. It was pierced lengthwise. |
| CHRONOLOGY | Classic Kerma |
| CHRONOLOGICAL RANGE | 1750-1550 BC |
| MATERIAL | faience |
| MATERIAL (Note) | faience |
| LENGTH (cm) | 1.6 |
| WIDTH (cm) | 0.3 |
| THICKNESS (cm) | 0.1 |
| DIAMETER (cm) | 0.0 |
| BIBLIOGRAPHY | REISNER 1923: 196-197. |
| REFERENCE | Reisner, G.A., 1923, Excavations at Kerma. Harvard African Studies, 5, Cambridge, Mass. |
| ORNAMENTS_DESCRIPTION | Many small disc beads, many cylinder beads - plain round, plain tapering, incised regular, incised round and 29 amulet-beads: nine Taweret, four baboons, seven rectangular plaques, five double feathers; three tes; one djed pillar, eight ladders, one human hand. |
| PRESERVATION STATE | Incomplete |
| MUSEUM | MFA BOSTON |
| SPECIFIC LOCATION | Storerooms |
| LINK ON-LINE | https://collections.mfa.org/objects/381264/various-beads |
| Coordinates | N 19°36'43.52" E 30°26'42.23" |
| SECTOR | Eastern cemetery |
| SPECIFIC CONTEXT | K 404 body G |
| ARCHAEOLOGICAL MISSION | HARVARD UNIVERSITY- BOSTON MFA EXPEDITION |
| DIRECTOR OF THE MISSION | G. REISNER |
| YEAR OF EXCAVATION | 1913 |
| CREDIT LINE | Photograph © Museum of Fine Arts, Boston |
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faience (composite material)
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Classic Kerma |
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Creator
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Elena D’Itria
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Suggested Citation
Elena D’Itria. (2024) "Item 27 from Africa/Sudan/Kerma". In The Amulets of the Kerma Culture. Elena D’Itria (Ed). Released: In prep. Open Context. <https://opencontext.org/subjects/02394ba9-0251-48c5-b729-5be61602f737> ARK (Archive): https://n2t.net/ark:/28722/k2jw8tj2n
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