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Hearst Museum/MFA ARK ark:/21549/hm21060014459
Museum Persistent URL https://n2t.net/ark:/21549/hm21060014459
Item Type Beads and pendants
Last Updated 2020-01-03
Time Period / Dynasty (Early Estimate) Dynasty 5
Time Period / Dynasty (Late Estimate) Dynasty 12
Cemetery 2000
Tomb 2239
Context (Other Info) Part of a decayed coffin (angled corners), which had been inscribed with black ink. Parts of wooden sandals, painted white, with remains of rush bindings. Round and square [ceramic]. Green stone beads (6-14459).
Item name Loose beads
Object Number 6-14459
Accession Number Acc.54/56/63/107
Count 2
Color green, brown, white
Material steatite
Material Note steatite
Measurements (weight g) 1.2
Measurements (length mm) (Note) 10.34–13.76
Measurements (diameter mm) (Note) 5.27–5.43
Edge/No edge no edge (cylindrical bead); edge (square bead)
Aperture descrpition end
Aperture (mm) 2.09–2.45
Perforation single plain
Striation longitudinal (cylindrical); diagonal (square)
Glaze mostly worn
Typology (Nai Xia 2014) cylindrical, short - L16n; square - L17c
Map Location D4
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soapstone info
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Loose beads (ID: 6-14459) info
Vocabulary: Phoebe A. Hearst Museum Catalog
Open Context References: Loose beads (ID: 6-14459) hub
Contributor
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Vanessa Davies info
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Vanessa Davies info
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Suggested Citation

Vanessa Davies. (2020) "Beads Pendants 72 from Africa/Egypt/Naga ed-Deir/Cemetery 2000/Tomb 2239". In The Phoebe A. Hearst Expedition to Naga ed-Deir, Cemeteries N 2000 and N 2500. Vanessa Davies (Ed). Released: 2020-12-04. Open Context. <https://opencontext.org/subjects/9aa493b3-db58-4df1-a47b-72f5bd9f2d40> ARK (Archive): https://n2t.net/ark:/28722/k2gq74s38

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