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Hearst Museum/MFA ARK ark:/21549/hm21060014335
Museum Persistent URL https://n2t.net/ark:/21549/hm21060014335
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 2042
Context In Relation to Body There were extra strings; 1 of tiny glaze disc, and 1 of carnelian disc (6-14333, 6-14335) and tiny glaze amulets (6-14334, 6-14340).
Context (Other Info) With girdle, needle, stone vessels
Item name Loose beads and pendants
Object Number 6-14335
Accession Number Acc.54/56/63/107
Count 15 (12 beads, 3 pendants)
Color red (carnelian), orange (carnelian), brown (faience), white (shell)
Material
Material Note faience, carnelian, shell.
Measurements (weight g) 1.3
Measurements (length mm) (Note) 0.80–21.03
Measurements (diameter mm) (Note) 2.32–7.90
Production OMMA, molding
Edge/No edge no edge
Aperture descrpition end
Aperture (mm) 0.55–1.93
Perforation double cone (8 carnelian), single plain (shell)
Striation objects too small to determine (carnelian)
Glaze mostly worn (faience)
Decoration faience is incised (2 cylindrical, long)
Polish moderate (carnelian)
Typology (Nai Xia 2014) barrel, long - PN18l (faience); cylindrical, long - PD63f (2 faience); ring, barrel - H2e (8 carnelian); ring, cylindrical - R52f (shell); figural - double humped (sema tawy?), human(?) figure, broken.
Photos C 7496, C 7498, C 7499, C 7500, C 7501, C 7502, C 7503, C 7504, C 7505, A 8265
Map Location B5
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References
Vocabulary: DCMI Metadata Terms (Dublin Core Terms)
Loose beads and pendants (ID: 6-14335) info
Vocabulary: Phoebe A. Hearst Museum Catalog
Open Context References: Loose beads and pendants (ID: 6-14335) hub
Contributor
Vocabulary: DCMI Metadata Terms (Dublin Core Terms)
Vanessa Davies info
Vocabulary: The Phoebe A. Hearst Expedition to Naga ed-Deir, Cemeteries N 2000 and N 2500
Spatial Coverage
Vocabulary: DCMI Metadata Terms (Dublin Core Terms)
Temporal Coverage
Vocabulary: DCMI Metadata Terms (Dublin Core Terms)
Creator
Vocabulary: DCMI Metadata Terms (Dublin Core Terms)
Vanessa Davies info
Vocabulary: The Phoebe A. Hearst Expedition to Naga ed-Deir, Cemeteries N 2000 and N 2500
Subject
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Suggested Citation

Vanessa Davies. (2020) "Beads Pendants 16 from Africa/Egypt/Naga ed-Deir/Cemetery 2000/Tomb 2042". 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/a0c8148f-49eb-48cd-a9b3-ce5377385622> ARK (Archive): https://n2t.net/ark:/28722/k2pc3704k

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