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| ID | 1256 |
| ACCESSION NUMBER | 14 1335 |
| FIELD NUMBER | 14 2 552 |
| 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) | 1.1 |
| WIDTH (cm) | 0.2 |
| THICKNESS (cm) | 0.1 |
| DIAMETER (cm) | 0.0 |
| BIBLIOGRAPHY | REISNER 1923a: 482 |
| REFERENCE | Reisner, G.A., 1923, Excavations at Kerma. Harvard African Studies, 5, Cambridge, Mass. |
| ORNAMENTS_DESCRIPTION | This group of beads consists of twenty white faience ring beads (0.7 diameter); many tiny blue faience ring beads (0.2 cm diameter); one crystal ball bead; one string (101 cm long) of scored cylinder beads (1.3 cm long x 0.2. cm diameter) and amulet beads. Approximately one hundred loose cylinder and 159 amulet beads, and one ivory fragment, possibly an inlay(1.6 cm x 1.0 cm). They are contained in two boxes. Amulets include: twenty baboons, fourteen elongeted shape with rounded top, thirty-four ladders, forty-four rectangular decorated plaques, forty Taweret, seven human hands. |
| PRESERVATION STATE | Complete |
| MUSEUM | MFA BOSTON |
| SPECIFIC LOCATION | Storerooms |
| LINK ON-LINE | https://collections.mfa.org/objects/143162/amulets?ctx=7755b9e2-2ea6-40d7-8 |
| Coordinates | N 19°36'43.52" E 30°26'42.23" |
| SECTOR | Eastern cemetery |
| SPECIFIC CONTEXT | K XV/1500 |
| 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 1256 from Africa/Sudan/Kerma". In The Amulets of the Kerma Culture. Elena D’Itria (Ed). Released: In prep. Open Context. <https://opencontext.org/subjects/617e6654-7685-4e63-b7ed-0c01946bfb9f> ARK (Archive): https://n2t.net/ark:/28722/k26m3q03z
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