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ID 1982
ACCESSION NUMBER 27318
SUBJECT beads
DESCRIPTION 12 disc beads and one pebble. The beads appear to have been bipolarly drilled and have different diameters. The white pebble has an oblong shape.
CHRONOLOGY Classic Kerma
CHRONOLOGICAL RANGE 1750-1550 BC
MATERIAL faience
MATERIAL (Note) faience
THICKNESS (cm) (Note) 0.1-0.2
DIAMETER (cm) (Note) 0.4-0.2
ORNAMENTS_DESCRIPTION 12 disc beads and one pebble. The beads appear to have been bipolarly drilled and have different diameters. The white pebble has an oblong shape.
PRESERVATION STATE Complete
MUSEUM MAH GENEVA
SPECIFIC LOCATION Storerooms
LINK ON-LINE http://institutions.ville-geneve.ch/fr/mah/
Coordinates N 21°04′00″ E 30°43′00″
SECTOR 21-N-50
SPECIFIC CONTEXT Tomb 005 and plundered tomb (T 008)
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 1982 from Africa/Sudan/Akasha". In The Amulets of the Kerma Culture. Elena D’Itria (Ed). Released: In prep. Open Context. <https://opencontext.org/subjects/58925bbf-9e55-4fde-9908-5a0842613abb> ARK (Archive): https://n2t.net/ark:/28722/k2446475q

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