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| ID | 1094 |
| ACCESSION NUMBER | 13 4006 |
| FIELD NUMBER | su 978, su 979 |
| SUBJECT | fly |
| DESCRIPTION | Single stylized bronze fly worn on a girdle with traces of golding. The occurence of the flies on armed males suggests they have an association with the military. It presents flat wings, devoided of any decoration. These wings form a base on which the head was realized. Only the head is rounded, contrary of the other parts of the body. The details are poor: two small horizontal incisions mark the head and the thorax, two vertical lines mark the eyes. |
| CHRONOLOGY | Classic Kerma |
| CHRONOLOGICAL RANGE | 1750-1550 BC |
| MATERIAL | bronze |
| MATERIAL (Note) | bronze |
| LENGTH (cm) | 8.1 |
| WIDTH (cm) | 3.8 |
| THICKNESS (cm) | 0.1 |
| DIAMETER (cm) | 0.0 |
| BIBLIOGRAPHY | REISNER 1923: 349 |
| REFERENCE | Reisner, G.A., 1923, Excavations at Kerma. Harvard African Studies, 5, Cambridge, Mass. |
| ORNAMENTS_DESCRIPTION | Bronze fly pendant with traces of gilding. |
| PRESERVATION STATE | Complete |
| MUSEUM | MFA BOSTON |
| SPECIFIC LOCATION | Storerooms |
| LINK ON-LINE | https://collections.mfa.org/objects/141485/fly-pendant?ctx=f3e7c926-9316-4b30-bbaf-a142a05aaa09&idx=0 |
| Coordinates | N 19°36'43.52" E 30°26'42.23" |
| SECTOR | Eastern cemetery |
| SPECIFIC CONTEXT | K 1061 |
| 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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Suggested Citation
Elena D’Itria. (2024) "Item 1094 from Africa/Sudan/Kerma". In The Amulets of the Kerma Culture. Elena D’Itria (Ed). Released: In prep. Open Context. <https://opencontext.org/subjects/045a8aa4-8f99-48b9-8e53-59a98518ab2d> ARK (Archive): https://n2t.net/ark:/28722/k2fb5hg7v
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