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| ID | 989 |
| ACCESSION NUMBER | 14 1510 |
| FIELD NUMBER | 14 3 223 |
| 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) | 0.9 |
| WIDTH (cm) | 0.5 |
| THICKNESS (cm) | 0.2 |
| DIAMETER (cm) | 0.0 |
| BIBLIOGRAPHY | REISNER 1923: 287 |
| REFERENCE | Reisner, G.A., 1923, Excavations at Kerma. Harvard African Studies, 5, Cambridge, Mass. |
| ORNAMENTS_DESCRIPTION | This group of beads consists of two strings of beads as well as loose beads. One string contains forty cylinder beads of various sizes with one conical bead at each end. The other string contains twenty-one beads and twenty-five amulet-beads of various shapes. Amulets include: one baboon, one crocodile, three human hands, four ladders, one cross-hatched rectangular plaque, one rectangular decorated plaque, two rectangular beads with a small protrusion, one eleven U-shaped element turn upside down; eight Taweret, one udjat eye. There are many loose ring beads with leather , one loose cylinder bead, and seven bead fragments. |
| PRESERVATION STATE | Complete |
| MUSEUM | MFA BOSTON |
| SPECIFIC LOCATION | Storerooms |
| LINK ON-LINE | https://collections.mfa.org/objects/365775/beads-and-amulets?ctx=f8aa8545-4079-4f1d-8054-7bb75f6db3f0&idx=0 |
| Coordinates | N 19°36'43.52" E 30°26'42.23" |
| SECTOR | Eastern cemetery |
| SPECIFIC CONTEXT | K X B 69, body PA |
| 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 989 from Africa/Sudan/Kerma". In The Amulets of the Kerma Culture. Elena D’Itria (Ed). Released: In prep. Open Context. <https://opencontext.org/subjects/70a96390-c6c6-4df5-ad8d-8b7c96721407> ARK (Archive): https://n2t.net/ark:/28722/k2mc9cc2v
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