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| ID | 1773 |
| ACCESSION NUMBER | 16 4 1133 |
| SUBJECT | pendant |
| DESCRIPTION | Mother-of-pearl pendant, circular in shape, two holes for hanging in the upper part, the edges are smoothed. The external surface is removed, the internal mother-of-pearl one is still on. The lower right edge is chipped. |
| CHRONOLOGY | Ancient Kerma |
| CHRONOLOGICAL RANGE | 2500-2000 BC |
| MATERIAL | Avicula margaritacea |
| MATERIAL (Note) | Avicula margaritacea |
| LENGTH (cm) | 8.8 |
| WIDTH (cm) | 8.3 |
| THICKNESS (cm) | 0.1 |
| DIAMETER (cm) | 0.0 |
| BIBLIOGRAPHY | Dunham 1982: 103; pl. XVIIIa, XXXIIIc, XLIc; Winlock 1932: 388-392; Bonnet 1988: 14; Bourriau 1988: 153-154. DESCRIPTION Mother-of-pearl pendant, circular in shape, two holes for hanging in the upper part, the edges are smoothed. The external surface is removed, the internal mother-of-pearl one is still on. The lower right edge is chipped. PRESERVATION STATE Incomplete LOCATION Museum of Fine Arts of Boston SPECIFIC LOCATION storerooms SITE Kerma SPECIFIC CONTEXT KN 79-1 ARCHAEOLOGICAL MISSION Harvard University- Boston MFA Expedition DIRECTOR OF MISSION G. A. Reisner YEAR OF EXCAVATION 1916 CREDIT |
| REFERENCE | Dunham, D., 1982, Excavations at Kerma. Part VI. The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. |
| ORNAMENTS_DESCRIPTION | Mother-of-pearl pendant, circular in shape, two holes for hanging in the upper part, the edges are smoothed. The external surface is removed, the internal mother-of-pearl one is still on. The lower right edge is chipped. |
| PRESERVATION STATE | Incomplete |
| MUSEUM | MFA BOSTON |
| SPECIFIC LOCATION | Storerooms |
| LINK ON-LINE | https://mfa.org/ |
| Coordinates | N 19°36'43.52" E 30°26'42.23" |
| SECTOR | Cemetery N |
| SPECIFIC CONTEXT | KN 79-1 |
| ARCHAEOLOGICAL MISSION | HARVARD UNIVERSITY- BOSTON MFA EXPEDITION |
| DIRECTOR OF THE MISSION | G. REISNER |
| YEAR OF EXCAVATION | 1916 |
| CREDIT LINE | Photograph © Museum of Fine Arts, Boston |
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oyster shell (seashell, shell)
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Elena D’Itria
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Suggested Citation
Elena D’Itria. (2024) "Item 1773 from Africa/Sudan/Kerma". In The Amulets of the Kerma Culture. Elena D’Itria (Ed). Released: In prep. Open Context. <https://opencontext.org/subjects/7908aafe-8cd5-40f5-99f4-45c244eaf00f> ARK (Archive): https://n2t.net/ark:/28722/k2cv4zm95
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