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| ID | 1198 |
| ACCESSION NUMBER | 14 1335 |
| FIELD NUMBER | 14 2 552 |
| SUBJECT | Elongated shape with rounded top |
| DESCRIPTION | these amulets were flat on the back and worked on one face only. They were characterized by two rounded vertical ends, distinguished by an engraved line. These two vertical ends seem to be placed upon a parallelepiped base. It was pierced lengthwise. |
| CHRONOLOGY | Classic Kerma |
| CHRONOLOGICAL RANGE | 1750-1550 BC |
| MATERIAL | faience |
| MATERIAL (Note) | faience |
| LENGTH (cm) | 1.0 |
| WIDTH (cm) | 0.2 |
| THICKNESS (cm) | 0.1 |
| DIAMETER (cm) | 0.0 |
| BIBLIOGRAPHY | REISNER 1923a: 482 |
| REFERENCE | Reisner, G.A., 1923, Excavations at Kerma. Harvard African Studies, 5, Cambridge, Mass. |
| ORNAMENTS_DESCRIPTION | This group of beads consists of twenty white faience ring beads (0.7 diameter); many tiny blue faience ring beads (0.2 cm diameter); one crystal ball bead; one string (101 cm long) of scored cylinder beads (1.3 cm long x 0.2. cm diameter) and amulet beads. Approximately one hundred loose cylinder and 159 amulet beads, and one ivory fragment, possibly an inlay(1.6 cm x 1.0 cm). They are contained in two boxes. Amulets include: twenty baboons, fourteen elongeted shape with rounded top, thirty-four ladders, forty-four rectangular decorated plaques, forty Taweret, seven human hands. |
| PRESERVATION STATE | Complete |
| MUSEUM | MFA BOSTON |
| SPECIFIC LOCATION | Storerooms |
| LINK ON-LINE | https://collections.mfa.org/objects/143162/amulets?ctx=7755b9e2-2ea6-40d7-8 |
| Coordinates | N 19°36'43.52" E 30°26'42.23" |
| SECTOR | Eastern cemetery |
| SPECIFIC CONTEXT | K XV/1500 |
| ARCHAEOLOGICAL MISSION | HARVARD UNIVERSITY- BOSTON MFA EXPEDITION |
| DIRECTOR OF THE MISSION | G. REISNER |
| YEAR OF EXCAVATION | 1914 |
| 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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Elena D’Itria
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Suggested Citation
Elena D’Itria. (2025) "Item 1198 from Africa/Sudan/Kerma". In The Amulets of the Kerma Culture. Elena D’Itria (Ed). Released: In prep. Open Context. <https://opencontext.org/subjects/21a9bdb0-1f20-416a-bab4-5dcf92e9ffc5> ARK (Archive): https://n2t.net/ark:/28722/k2cz3p17x
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