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| ID | 718 |
| ACCESSION NUMBER | 14 1050 |
| FIELD NUMBER | 14 1 344 |
| SUBJECT | Taweret |
| DESCRIPTION | Taweret is depicted in a very schematic way: she was represented standing up on her hind legs. The snout is square, as are the eyes and ears, both of which were made by two small protrusions on the top of the head. While the belly was swollen, the arms and the paws were not indicated. There were only summary and superficial oblique lines on the sides of the body as in the case of the baboons. This amulet-bead never have a back pillar but is characterized by a pierced hole running lengthwise. |
| CHRONOLOGY | Classic Kerma |
| CHRONOLOGICAL RANGE | 1750-1550 BC |
| MATERIAL | faience |
| MATERIAL (Note) | faience |
| LENGTH (cm) | 0.9 |
| WIDTH (cm) | 0.4 |
| THICKNESS (cm) | 0.2 |
| DIAMETER (cm) | 0.0 |
| BIBLIOGRAPHY | REISNER 1923: 234-236 |
| REFERENCE | Reisner, G.A., 1923, Excavations at Kerma. Harvard African Studies, 5, Cambridge, Mass. |
| ORNAMENTS_DESCRIPTION | There are seventeen cylinder beads (0.5 cm in diameter), eighteen cylinder beads (0.3 cm in diameter), nine barrel beads (0.4 cm in diameter), fifty-four beads on ten strings (largest: 3.4 cm in length, smallest: 0.9 cm in length) and 202 amulet-beads. The amulet-beads include: eighty-two rectangular plaques with geometric motifs, twenty-nine Taweret figures, three Aha fugures, twelve baboons, one crocodile, seventeen elongated shapes with rounded tops, one human figure, five human hands, five rectangular beads each with a small protrusion; eleven U-shaped elements turned upside down; three rectangular plaques with small engraved lines; six rectangular plaques with dashed crosses; twenty-seven ladders. |
| PRESERVATION STATE | Complete |
| MUSEUM | MFA BOSTON |
| SPECIFIC LOCATION | Storerooms |
| LINK ON-LINE | https://collections.mfa.org/objects/365742/beads?ctx=b46f0722-2c06-48c3-b71c-5eb560dce8b6&idx=0 |
| Coordinates | N 19°36'43.52" E 30°26'42.23" |
| SECTOR | Eastern cemetery |
| SPECIFIC CONTEXT | K 444 body A |
| 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. (2024) "Item 718 from Africa/Sudan/Kerma". In The Amulets of the Kerma Culture. Elena D’Itria (Ed). Released: In prep. Open Context. <https://opencontext.org/subjects/4a6e7930-e5a1-4fb6-81d5-82f0b122bffc> ARK (Archive): https://n2t.net/ark:/28722/k2086q23p
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