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ID 94
ACCESSION NUMBER 21952
FIELD NUMBER 21-H-4/8/3
SUBJECT scaraboid
DESCRIPTION The oval-shaped scaraoboid is pierced lengthwise. The back is not decorated; on the oval base is reproduced an ureus in the mdiddle, and two unknown signs on the right and on the left.
CHRONOLOGY Classic Kerma
CHRONOLOGICAL RANGE 1750-1550 BC
MATERIAL faience
MATERIAL (Note) faience
LENGTH (cm) 1.0
WIDTH (cm) 1.0
THICKNESS (cm) 0.3
DIAMETER (cm) 0.0
BIBLIOGRAPHY Tufnelll 1984 (Class 9 C3 Animals and Heraldic Beasts, pl. XXXVII); Vila 1969; Gratien 1978: 75
REFERENCE Tufnell, O., 1984, Studies on scarab seals, II: scarab seals and their contribution to the history in the Early Second Millenium BC. Warmister.
ORNAMENTS_DESCRIPTION Three ball beads and one scaraboid.
PRESERVATION STATE Complete
MUSEUM NMS KHARTOUM
SPECIFIC LOCATION Storerooms
LINK ON-LINE http://sudannationalmuseum.com/
Coordinates N 21°08′00″ E 30°44′0"
ARCHAEOLOGICAL MISSION SAS UNESCO
DIRECTOR OF THE MISSION A. Vila
YEAR OF EXCAVATION 1969
CREDIT LINE National Museum of Sudan
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Suggested Citation

Elena D’Itria. (2024) "Item 94 from Africa/Sudan/Ukma". In The Amulets of the Kerma Culture. Elena D’Itria (Ed). Released: In prep. Open Context. <https://opencontext.org/subjects/317104d8-1444-43c8-9e41-7a3f62292276> ARK (Archive): https://n2t.net/ark:/28722/k2zs36889

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