| Descriptive Attribute | Value(s) |
|---|---|
| Sort Order | 224 |
| Hearst Museum/MFA ARK | ark:/21549/hm21060014307 |
| Museum Persistent URL | https://n2t.net/ark:/21549/hm21060014307 |
| Item Type | Beads and pendants |
| Last Updated | 2020-01-03 |
| Time Period / Dynasty (Early Estimate) | Dynasty 5 |
| Time Period / Dynasty (Late Estimate) | Dynasty 12 |
| Cemetery | 2000 |
| Tomb | 2021 |
| Context Within Tomb | Not in original excavator's notes. |
| Context In Relation to Body | Empty pits. Rectangular cloth. Shells, etc. |
| Context (Other Info) | This record is Reisner’s note of preliminary work that was done in 1901. But according to Hearst Museum records, objects were found in N 2021. |
| Item name | Bracelet, loose beads, and pendants |
| Object Number | 6-14307 |
| Accession Number | Acc.54/56/63/107 |
| Count | 31 (20 beads, 11 pendants) |
| Color | blue, brown (faience); orange, white (carnelian, agate); green (feldspar); light brown (glazed steatite) |
| Material | |
| Material Note | faience, carnelian, steatite, green feldspar, agate |
| Measurements (weight g) | 13.1 |
| Measurements (length mm) (Note) | 1.68–16.52 |
| Measurements (diameter mm) (Note) | 4.09–8.13 |
| Production | OMMA (1 faience), OMMB (1 faience); molded (figured faience); carved (figured hard stone) |
| Edge/No edge | both |
| Aperture descrpition | end |
| Perforation | biconical (agate); single plain (feldspar). |
| Striation | rotary (barrel, biconic disc: feldspar, carnelian, agate); longitudinal (cylindrical: feldspar, steatite); random: (cylindrical: carnelian disc). 1 green feldspar has a “basket”-patterned striae. |
| Glaze | 1 not worn, remainder mostly worn (faience); mostly worn (steatite). |
| Polish | high (agate); moderate (carnelian); dull to moderate (feldspar). |
| Typology (Nai Xia 2014) | barrel, long (faience) - PN18h; barrel, short (carnelian, agate) - H15r; cylindrical, long - PN22r (faience); cylindrical, long (glazed steatite) - S18i; disc, cylindrical (carnelian) - H2n; disc, biconical (feldspar) - H5l; cylindrical, short (feldspar) - H22b; figural - 2 lions, 2 crocodile (jackal?) heads, 1 broken unknown (faience); 2 shells, 1 falcon, 1 fish, 1 crocodile (jackal?) head, 2 fists, 2 broken unknown (green feldspar) |
| Object notes | From Reisner's preliminary record of work done in 1901 |
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Suggested Citation
Vanessa Davies. (2020) "Beads Pendants 11 from Africa/Egypt/Naga ed-Deir/Cemetery 2000/Tomb 2021". In The Phoebe A. Hearst Expedition to Naga ed-Deir, Cemeteries N 2000 and N 2500. Vanessa Davies (Ed). Released: 2020-12-04. Open Context. <https://opencontext.org/subjects/1101a88a-f442-433a-b4d5-27e1350b2c83> ARK (Archive): https://n2t.net/ark:/28722/k29s2091m
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