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Hearst Museum/MFA ARK ark:/21549/hm21060014343
Museum Persistent URL https://n2t.net/ark:/21549/hm21060014343
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 2042
Context In Relation to Body Round pelvis girdle of 15 strings of shell and black and green glaze beads (6-14332, 6-14341, 6-14343). Order from below: 1. all green, 2. all white, 3. black and white, 4. black and white, 5. all white, 6. black and white, 7. black and white with few green, 8. black and white, 10. white, 11. black and white, 12. black and white. Strings were under both arms. All upper part broken owing to falling apart of pelvis. Underneath, 8 strings in position. Strings join at intervals of about an inch. Both upper and lower layers of girdle were underneath pelvis. Possibly it was a double girdle as all upper part was disturbed.
Context (Other Info) With other beads, needle, stone vessels
Item name Strung girdle
Object Number 6-14343
Accession Number Acc.54/56/63/107
Color light green, light brown, black (faience); white (ostrich eggshell)
Material
Material Note faience, ostrich eggshell
Measurements - strand (length cm) 56.0
Measurements (length mm) (Note) 0.68–2.02
Measurements (diameter mm) (Note) 3.32–7.01
Production OMMB (faience)
Edge/No edge no edge
Aperture descrpition end
Perforation single plain (ostrich eggshell)
Glaze mostly worn (faience)
Typology (Nai Xia 2014) disc, barrel - PN2g (black faience); ring, barrel - PN2f (other faience); disc, cylindrical - R51g (ostrich eggshell)
Photos C 7496, C 7498, C 7499, C 7500, C 7501, C 7502, C 7503, C 7504, C 7505, A 8265
Map Location B5
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References
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Strung girdle (ID: 6-14343) info
Vocabulary: Phoebe A. Hearst Museum Catalog
Open Context References: Strung girdle (ID: 6-14343) hub
Contributor
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Vanessa Davies info
Vocabulary: The Phoebe A. Hearst Expedition to Naga ed-Deir, Cemeteries N 2000 and N 2500
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Vanessa Davies info
Vocabulary: The Phoebe A. Hearst Expedition to Naga ed-Deir, Cemeteries N 2000 and N 2500
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Suggested Citation

Vanessa Davies. (2020) "Beads Pendants 23 from Africa/Egypt/Naga ed-Deir/Cemetery 2000/Tomb 2042". 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/219cc1dc-d216-4588-881d-36d6f0c0e0e8> ARK (Archive): https://n2t.net/ark:/28722/k2jm2h60f

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