| Descriptive Attribute | Value(s) |
|---|---|
| Sort Order | 226 |
| Hearst Museum/MFA ARK | ark:/21549/hm21060014317 |
| Museum Persistent URL | https://n2t.net/ark:/21549/hm21060014317 |
| 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 | 2031 |
| Context Within Tomb | By body a. [see drawing] |
| Context In Relation to Body | Scattered about upper part of body, number of small glaze disc beads, green stone [drawing] amulet, [drawing] with gold lining inside, carnelian [drawing], white stone [drawing] and [drawing], green stone [drawing], carnelian [drawing], glaze [drawing], soapstone? [drawing], blue stone [drawing] |
| Context (Other Info) | With gold flakes, ceramics, and jar stoppers |
| Item name | Length of necklace (not a loop) and loose beads |
| Object Number | 6-14317 |
| Accession Number | Acc.54/56/63/107 |
| Count | 1065 (approx; 1035 strung, 30 loose) |
| Color | orange (carnelian); green (feldspar, faience); blue (Egyptian blue); brown (metal, steatite, onyx) |
| Material | |
| Material Note | faience (necklace and 20 loose beads), carnelian (4), steatite (1), feldspar (1), onyx (1), metal (2), Egyptian blue (1) |
| Measurements (weight g) | 6.8 |
| Measurements - strand (length cm) | 69.0 |
| Measurements (length mm) (Note) | 0.61–7.56 |
| Measurements (diameter mm) (Note) | 1.69–4.85 |
| Production | RSMB (joined) (metal) |
| Edge/No edge | edge (2 carnelian disc beads); no edge (all the rest) |
| Aperture descrpition | end |
| Aperture (mm) | 0.53–1.60 |
| Perforation | double cone (2 carnelian barrel discs, 1 carnelian barrel short); single plain (steatite, onyx, feldspar, carnelian cylinder) |
| Striation | longitudinal (steatite) |
| Glaze | mostly not worn (faience, steatite) |
| Polish | high (carnelian, onyx); moderate (carnelian, green feldspar) |
| Typology (Nai Xia 2014) | barrel, short - H15n (1 carnelian); barrel, long - L12k (1 steatite); cylindrical, short - PN22c (3 faience), H21h (1 carnelian); cylindrical, long - PN22r (1 faience), H15i (1 onyx); disc, barrel - H5j (2 carnelian); ring, barrel - PN2 (necklace, 15 faience loose); ring, cylindrical - H6f (1 feldspar), M3b (2 metal); 2 figural - 1 tilapia Nilotica fish, 1 hippopotamus(?) head (in profile; made to hang upside down) |
| Photos | C 983, C 7178, C 7179, C 8199 |
| Map Location | E3 |
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Suggested Citation
Vanessa Davies. (2020) "Beads Pendants 12 from Africa/Egypt/Naga ed-Deir/Cemetery 2000/Tomb 2031". 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/55b4bcb8-9234-412a-96ee-9063e3adc7e8> ARK (Archive): https://n2t.net/ark:/28722/k27089c7v
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