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| ID | 996 |
| ACCESSION NUMBER | 13 5743 |
| FIELD NUMBER | 13 12 407 |
| SUBJECT | Rectangular decorated plaque with geometric motifs |
| DESCRIPTION | This plaque is rectangular in shape and decorated with geometric motifs. The whole surface is engraved with parallel rows of small quadrangular boxes (3 rows on dorsal and ventral faces and two on the lateral oes). It was pierced lengthwise. |
| CHRONOLOGY | Classic Kerma |
| CHRONOLOGICAL RANGE | 1750-1550 BC |
| MATERIAL | faience |
| MATERIAL (Note) | faience |
| LENGTH (cm) | 1.9 |
| WIDTH (cm) | 0.9 |
| THICKNESS (cm) | 0.4 |
| DIAMETER (cm) | 0.0 |
| BIBLIOGRAPHY | REISNER 1923: 146 |
| REFERENCE | Reisner, G.A., 1923, Excavations at Kerma. Harvard African Studies, 5, Cambridge, Mass. |
| ORNAMENTS_DESCRIPTION | One string of forty-four disc beads (0.9 cm in diameter) with five ball beads and one large ball bead. One string of twenty-nine cylinder beads (2.9 cm in length), four amulet-beads and two rectangular beads incised with geometric patterns. The amulets include: one baboon, two Taweret, one elongeted shape with rounded top. There are numerous loose beads: five small ball beads, fifty ring beads and four shell disk beads, one fluted blue-glazed quartz melon bead (g.1-g.2-g.3) (2.9 cm in diameter) and two large ball bead in faience (h, i) (3.4-2.1 cm in diameter). There are also many tiny ring beads, one fragment of metal, and two small fragments of glass. |
| PRESERVATION STATE | Incomplete |
| MUSEUM | MFA BOSTON |
| SPECIFIC LOCATION | Storerooms |
| LINK ON-LINE | https://collections.mfa.org/objects/365720/beads |
| Coordinates | N 19°36'43.52" E 30°26'42.23" |
| SECTOR | Eastern cemetery |
| SPECIFIC CONTEXT | K III A, street 4 |
| 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. (2024) "Item 996 from Africa/Sudan/Kerma". In The Amulets of the Kerma Culture. Elena D’Itria (Ed). Released: In prep. Open Context. <https://opencontext.org/subjects/5b9c92e5-536b-4b18-93d3-c0b60d807650> ARK (Archive): https://n2t.net/ark:/28722/k21n8jh4s
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