| Descriptive Attribute | Value(s) |
|---|---|
| Sort Order | 256 |
| Hearst Museum/MFA ARK | ark:/21549/hm21060014377 |
| Museum Persistent URL | https://n2t.net/ark:/21549/hm21060014377 |
| 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 | 2071 |
| Context Within Tomb | Upper layer of burials, near body (c) |
| Item name | Loose beads and one shell without a perforation |
| Object Number | 6-14377 |
| Accession Number | Acc.54/56/63/107 |
| Count | 78 |
| Color | orange, green, brown, white |
| Material | |
| Material Note | faience, carnelian, steatite, mollusk shell, ostrich eggshell |
| Measurements (weight g) | 7.3 |
| Measurements (length mm) (Note) | 1.13–19.32 |
| Measurements (diameter mm) (Note) | 2.00–10.40 |
| Production | OMMA (faience) |
| Edge/No edge | no edge |
| Aperture descrpition | end |
| Aperture (mm) | 0.80–3.32 |
| Perforation | double cone (carnelian, ostrich eggshell); single plain (glazed steatite, mollusk shells) |
| Striation | random |
| Glaze | mostly worn (faience, steatite) |
| Polish | moderate (carnelian) |
| Typology (Nai Xia 2014) | barrel, long - PN17l (8 faience); cylindrical, short - L16j (3 steatite); cylindrical, long - L16q (2 steatite); disc, cylindrical - R52f (25 ostrich eggshell); ring, barrel - PN2g (20 faience); ball - PN8d (6 faience); other: broken faience (1); double elliptical with teardrop-shaped perforation - PN14c (1 faience); spacer bead - PD17e (1 faience); 2 shells, family: Neritidae; 1 shell, family: Conidae; 1 shell, type undetermined (top had been cut off in order to string it) |
| Photos | C 8074, C 8567, A 8267, A 8268, B 8250 |
| Map Location | B4 |
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Suggested Citation
Vanessa Davies. (2020) "Beads Pendants 42 from Africa/Egypt/Naga ed-Deir/Cemetery 2000/Tomb 2071". 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/4394f999-1040-4c77-a387-37b63cadb725> ARK (Archive): https://n2t.net/ark:/28722/k2h41zb7g
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