| Descriptive Attribute | Value(s) |
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| ID | 940 |
| ACCESSION NUMBER | 13 4127 |
| FIELD NUMBER | su 728 a |
| 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) | 1.9 |
| WIDTH (cm) | 0.3 |
| THICKNESS (cm) | 0.2 |
| DIAMETER (cm) | 0.0 |
| BIBLIOGRAPHY | REISNER 1923: 325-327 |
| REFERENCE | Reisner, G.A., 1923, Excavations at Kerma. Harvard African Studies, 5, Cambridge, Mass. |
| ORNAMENTS_DESCRIPTION | This is a string of approximately 144 tiny blue rings and thirty- seven large rough flat cylinders, and thirty amulet-beads. Amulets include twenty-two Taweret, four ladders, one baboon, one human hand, two elongeted shapes with rounded top, two rectangular decorated plaques, one cross-hatched rectangular plaque. |
| PRESERVATION STATE | Complete |
| MUSEUM | MFA BOSTON |
| SPECIFIC LOCATION | Storerooms |
| LINK ON-LINE | https://collections.mfa.org/objects/141808/string-of-beadsb836-0dfd5d70b5de&idx=0 |
| Coordinates | N 19°36'43.52" E 30°26'42.23" |
| SECTOR | Eastern cemetery |
| SPECIFIC CONTEXT | K 1033 |
| ARCHAEOLOGICAL MISSION | HARVARD UNIVERSITY- BOSTON MFA EXPEDITION |
| DIRECTOR OF THE MISSION | G. REISNER |
| YEAR OF EXCAVATION | 1913 |
| 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 940 from Africa/Sudan/Kerma". In The Amulets of the Kerma Culture. Elena D’Itria (Ed). Released: In prep. Open Context. <https://opencontext.org/subjects/4eecbfbf-42a9-4f01-977e-f4df6e411206> ARK (Archive): https://n2t.net/ark:/28722/k2q24bw23
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