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Hearst Museum/MFA ARK ark:/21549/hm21060014362
Museum Persistent URL https://n2t.net/ark:/21549/hm21060014362
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 2071
Context Within Tomb Upper layer of burials, near body (c)
Context (Other Info) With beads, pendants, stone vessels
Item name Loose beads
Object Number 6-14362
Accession Number Acc.54/56/63/107
Count 100 (approx)
Color red (carnelian); green (faience); brown (steatite, faience); black (faience); white (ostrich eggshell)
Material
Material Note faience, carnelian, steatite, ostrich eggshell
Measurements (weight g) 3.9
Measurements (length mm) (Note) 0.75–3.25
Measurements (diameter mm) (Note) 1.98–6.24
Production OMMA (faience)
Edge/No edge no edge
Aperture descrpition end
Aperture (mm) 0.64–1.95
Perforation double cone (carnelian, ostrich eggshell); single plain (steatite, carnelian spacer)
Striation longitudinal (carnelian); random (steatite)
Glaze mostly worn (faience)
Polish moderate, dull (carnelian)
Typology (Nai Xia 2014) disc, barrel - PN6g (faience), R52f (ostrich eggshell); ring, cylindrical - PN6d (faience), H6c (carnelian); spacers - L66b, L66d’ (steatite), A16 (faience), A207 (carnelian)
Photos C 8074, C 8567, A 8267, A 8268, B 8250
Map Location B4
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References
Vocabulary: DCMI Metadata Terms (Dublin Core Terms)
Loose beads (ID: 6-14362) info
Vocabulary: Phoebe A. Hearst Museum Catalog
Open Context References: Loose beads (ID: 6-14362) 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
Vocabulary: DCMI Metadata Terms (Dublin Core Terms)
Suggested Citation

Vanessa Davies. (2020) "Beads Pendants 31 from Africa/Egypt/Naga ed-Deir/Cemetery 2000/Tomb 2071". 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/c2ef78b8-8141-40a3-9ec6-3470ddf8c72d> ARK (Archive): https://n2t.net/ark:/28722/k2j390743

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