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ID 31
ACCESSION NUMBER 13 5714
FIELD NUMBER 13 12 240
SUBJECT Rectangular decorated plaque
DESCRIPTION This plaque was made in a rectangular shape. The side edges are characterized by the presence of small engraved lines. It was pierced lengthwise.
CHRONOLOGY Classic Kerma
CHRONOLOGICAL RANGE 1750-1550 BC
MATERIAL faience
MATERIAL (Note) faience
LENGTH (cm) 0.6
WIDTH (cm) 0.2
THICKNESS (cm) 0.1
DIAMETER (cm) 0.0
BIBLIOGRAPHY REISNER 1923: 196-197.
REFERENCE Reisner, G.A., 1923, Excavations at Kerma. Harvard African Studies, 5, Cambridge, Mass.
ORNAMENTS_DESCRIPTION Many small disc beads, many cylinder beads - plain round, plain tapering, incised regular, incised round and 29 amulet-beads: nine Taweret, four baboons, seven rectangular plaques, five double feathers; three tes; one djed pillar, eight ladders, one human hand.
PRESERVATION STATE Incomplete
MUSEUM MFA BOSTON
SPECIFIC LOCATION Storerooms
LINK ON-LINE https://collections.mfa.org/objects/381264/various-beads
Coordinates N 19°36'43.52" E 30°26'42.23"
SECTOR Eastern cemetery
SPECIFIC CONTEXT K 404 body G
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
Suggested Citation

Elena D’Itria. (2024) "Item 31 from Africa/Sudan/Kerma". In The Amulets of the Kerma Culture. Elena D’Itria (Ed). Released: In prep. Open Context. <https://opencontext.org/subjects/7dfad011-7948-4f8a-bdbf-0df7e58a4d84> ARK (Archive): https://n2t.net/ark:/28722/k21v5z95g

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