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ID 1968
ACCESSION NUMBER 27015
SUBJECT beads
DESCRIPTION Ring beads in faience. These beads do not have a regular circular shape and show differences in their thickness. The holes are bipolar.
CHRONOLOGY Classic Kerma
CHRONOLOGICAL RANGE 1750-1550 BC
MATERIAL faience
MATERIAL (Note) faience
DIAMETER (cm) 0.2
ORNAMENTS_DESCRIPTION Ring beads in faience. These beads do not have a regular circular shape and show differences in their thickness. The holes are bipolar.
PRESERVATION STATE Complete
MUSEUM MAH GENEVA
SPECIFIC LOCATION Storerooms
LINK ON-LINE https://collections.geneve.ch/mah/
Coordinates N 21°04′00″ E 30°43′00″
SECTOR 21-N-50
SPECIFIC CONTEXT Tomb 041
ARCHAEOLOGICAL MISSION Mission archéologique de la Fondation Henry M. Blackmer et du Centre d'études orientales de l'Université de Genève
DIRECTOR OF THE MISSION C. Maystre
YEAR OF EXCAVATION 1970-1971
CREDIT LINE MAH, Musée d'art et d'histoire, Ville de Genève
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Suggested Citation

Elena D’Itria. (2024) "Item 1968 from Africa/Sudan/Akasha". In The Amulets of the Kerma Culture. Elena D’Itria (Ed). Released: In prep. Open Context. <https://opencontext.org/subjects/a76e7c2d-a372-4148-81c6-b9db99e4f651> ARK (Archive): https://n2t.net/ark:/28722/k2nz8mk65

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