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ID 203
ACCESSION NUMBER 1004
FIELD NUMBER 13-12-854
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) 1.5
WIDTH (cm) 0.5
THICKNESS (cm) 0.3
DIAMETER (cm) 0.0
BIBLIOGRAPHY REISNER 1923: 151
REFERENCE Reisner, G.A., 1923, Excavations at Kerma. Harvard African Studies, 5, Cambridge, Mass.
ORNAMENTS_DESCRIPTION Many faience tubolar beads, many cylinder beads, many ball-beads and fourty-seven amulet-beads. Amulets include: six baboons, seven rectangular decorated plaques, eight rectangular decorated plaque with geometric motifs, four ladders, sixteen Taweret, two rectangular beads with a small protrusion.
PRESERVATION STATE Complete
MUSEUM NMS KHARTOUM
SPECIFIC LOCATION Storerooms
LINK ON-LINE http://sudannationalmuseum.com/
Coordinates N 19°36'43.52" E 30°26'42.23"
SECTOR Eastern cemetery
SPECIFIC CONTEXT K 311
ARCHAEOLOGICAL MISSION HARVARD UNIVERSITY- BOSTON MFA EXPEDITION
DIRECTOR OF THE MISSION G. REISNER
YEAR OF EXCAVATION 1914
CREDIT LINE National Museum of Sudan
Suggested Citation

Elena D’Itria. (2024) "Item 203 from Africa/Sudan/Kerma". In The Amulets of the Kerma Culture. Elena D’Itria (Ed). Released: In prep. Open Context. <https://opencontext.org/subjects/743b1f06-cd75-481a-bed6-19dc1556304a> ARK (Archive): https://n2t.net/ark:/28722/k2pc3f568

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