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ID 1815
ACCESSION NUMBER 25567
SUBJECT Taweret
DESCRIPTION Taweret is depicted in a very schematic way: she was represented standing up on her hind legs. The snout is square, as are the eyes and ears, both of which were made by two small protrusions on the top of the head. While the belly was swollen, the arms and the paws were not indicated. There were only summary and superficial oblique lines on the sides of the body as in the case of the baboons. This amulet-bead never have a back pillar but is characterized by a pierced hole running lengthwise.
CHRONOLOGY Classic Kerma
CHRONOLOGICAL RANGE 1750-1550 BC
MATERIAL faience
MATERIAL (Note) faience
LENGTH (cm) 1.1
WIDTH (cm) 0.3
THICKNESS (cm) 0.1
DIAMETER (cm) 0.0
ORNAMENTS_DESCRIPTION Tubolar beads, one ball bead in faience and two amulet-beads: one Taweret and a crocodile.
PRESERVATION STATE Complete
MUSEUM NMS KHARTOUM
SPECIFIC LOCATION Storerooms
LINK ON-LINE http://sudannationalmuseum.com/
Coordinates unknown
SECTOR unknown
CREDIT LINE National Museum of Sudan
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Suggested Citation

Elena D’Itria. (2024) "Item 1815 from Africa/Sudan/Unknown site". In The Amulets of the Kerma Culture. Elena D’Itria (Ed). Released: In prep. Open Context. <https://opencontext.org/subjects/0b582340-936f-4042-a32c-23989e7ddf97> ARK (Archive): https://n2t.net/ark:/28722/k2kk9r839

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