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ID 79
ACCESSION NUMBER 18457
FIELD NUMBER 11-Q-36/3/1
SUBJECT beads
DESCRIPTION Many faiance disc-beads realized in faience, one yellowish rectangular bead, and one cylindrical bead with parallele engravings on all four sides.
CHRONOLOGY Classic Kerma
CHRONOLOGICAL RANGE 1750-1550 BC
MATERIAL faience
MATERIAL (Note) faience
LENGTH (cm) 1.6
WIDTH (cm) 0.2
THICKNESS (cm) 0.2
DIAMETER (cm) 0.0
BIBLIOGRAPHY Mills, Nordström 1966
REFERENCE Mills, A. J., H. A. Norddström, 1966, The Archaeological Survey from Gemai to Dal. Preliminary Report on the Season 1964-1965. Kush 14, pp. 1-15.
ORNAMENTS_DESCRIPTION Many faiance disc-beads realized in faience, one yellowish rectangular bead, and one cylindrical bead with parallele engravings on all four sides.
PRESERVATION STATE Complete
MUSEUM NMS KHARTOUM
SPECIFIC LOCATION Storerooms
LINK ON-LINE http://sudannationalmuseum.com/pages_e/northernsudan.html
Coordinates N 21°34′00″ E 31°06′00"
ARCHAEOLOGICAL MISSION SAS UNESCO
DIRECTOR OF THE MISSION A. Mills, D. Nordström
YEAR OF EXCAVATION 1966
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Suggested Citation

Elena D’Itria. (2024) "Item 79 from Africa/Sudan/Saras". In The Amulets of the Kerma Culture. Elena D’Itria (Ed). Released: In prep. Open Context. <https://opencontext.org/subjects/90c12833-e052-484e-afe7-1a6bf0f5656b> ARK (Archive): https://n2t.net/ark:/28722/k2891nn1f

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