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ID 1976
ACCESSION NUMBER 27368
SUBJECT beads
DESCRIPTION 145 disc-beads. Their external surfaces are smooth, and the thickness of all the beads are the same. The holes are pierced in a bipolar way.
CHRONOLOGY Classic Kerma
CHRONOLOGICAL RANGE 1750-1550 BC
MATERIAL ostrich eggshell
MATERIAL (Note) ostrich eggshell
DIAMETER (cm) 0.3
ORNAMENTS_DESCRIPTION 145 disc-beads. Their external surfaces are smooth, and the thickness of all the beads are the same. The holes are pierced in a bipolar way.
PRESERVATION STATE Complete
MUSEUM MAH GENEVA
SPECIFIC LOCATION Storerooms
LINK ON-LINE https://collections.geneve.ch/mah/
Coordinates N 21°04′00″ E 30°43′00″
SECTOR 21-N-50
SPECIFIC CONTEXT Tomb 631
ARCHAEOLOGICAL MISSION Mission archéologique de la Fondation Henry M. Blackmer et du Centre d'études orientales de l'Université de Genève
DIRECTOR OF THE MISSION C. Maystre
YEAR OF EXCAVATION 1970-1971
CREDIT LINE MAH, Musée d'art et d'histoire, Ville de Genève
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Suggested Citation

Elena D’Itria. (2024) "Item 1976 from Africa/Sudan/Akasha". In The Amulets of the Kerma Culture. Elena D’Itria (Ed). Released: In prep. Open Context. <https://opencontext.org/subjects/3d16e35e-4099-4210-8e33-08d6a2133c0a> ARK (Archive): https://n2t.net/ark:/28722/k29p3h22h

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