| Descriptive Attribute | Value(s) |
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| ID | 1038 |
| ACCESSION NUMBER | 13 4150 |
| FIELD NUMBER | su 911 |
| SUBJECT | beads |
| DESCRIPTION | This is a string of approximately 250 ring beads, with a leather bracelet, oblong and apparently not worked. It was found around the left wrist of the sacrificied body A. |
| CHRONOLOGY | Classic Kerma |
| CHRONOLOGICAL RANGE | 1750-1550 BC |
| MATERIAL | leather |
| MATERIAL (Note) | leather |
| LENGTH (cm) | 2.3 |
| WIDTH (cm) | 0.5 |
| THICKNESS (cm) | 0.7 |
| DIAMETER (cm) | 0.0 |
| BIBLIOGRAPHY | REISNER 1923a: 333 |
| REFERENCE | Reisner, G.A., 1923, Excavations at Kerma. Harvard African Studies, 5, Cambridge, Mass. |
| ORNAMENTS_DESCRIPTION | This is a string of approximately 250 ring beads, with a leather bracelet, oblong and apparently not worked. It was found around the left wrist of the sacrificied body A. |
| PRESERVATION STATE | Complete |
| MUSEUM | MFA BOSTON |
| SPECIFIC LOCATION | Storerooms |
| LINK ON-LINE | https://collections.mfa.org/objects/141869/string-of-beads |
| Coordinates | N 19°36'43.52" E 30°26'42.23" |
| SECTOR | Eastern cemetery |
| SPECIFIC CONTEXT | K 1041 A |
| ARCHAEOLOGICAL MISSION | HARVARD UNIVERSITY- BOSTON MFA EXPEDITION |
| DIRECTOR OF THE MISSION | G. REISNER |
| YEAR OF EXCAVATION | 1914 |
| CREDIT LINE | Photograph © Museum of Fine Arts, Boston |
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Elena D’Itria
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Suggested Citation
Elena D’Itria. (2024) "Item 1038 from Africa/Sudan/Kerma". In The Amulets of the Kerma Culture. Elena D’Itria (Ed). Released: In prep. Open Context. <https://opencontext.org/subjects/bd680b8c-a5ae-4fec-84b1-561ba8cca98d> ARK (Archive): https://n2t.net/ark:/28722/k2ks7513f
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