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| ID | 1999 |
| ACCESSION NUMBER | 27984 |
| SUBJECT | Rectangular decorated plaque with geometric motifs |
| DESCRIPTION | This plaque is rectangular in shape and decorated with geometric motifs. The whole surface is engraved with parallel rows of small quadrangular boxes (3 rows on dorsal and ventral faces and two on the lateral oes). It was pierced lengthwise. |
| CHRONOLOGY | Classic Kerma |
| CHRONOLOGICAL RANGE | 1750-1550 BC |
| MATERIAL | faience |
| MATERIAL (Note) | faience |
| LENGTH (cm) | 3.2 |
| WIDTH (cm) | 1.0 |
| THICKNESS (cm) | 0.5 |
| ORNAMENTS_DESCRIPTION | Various beads in faience: ten tubular-beads, one barrel-bead, four ball-beads, one disc-bead, eleven ringbeads; one scarab bead; four discoid-beads in egg-shell. The tubular beads (three of them broken) and the barrel beads are not glazed more, the colors range is between beige and very light blue, also the ball beads show the same colors. Disc-beads are pierced on one side only. These beads were found together with one rectangular decorated plaque and one scarab in faience. |
| PRESERVATION STATE | Complete |
| MUSEUM | MAH GENEVA |
| SPECIFIC LOCATION | Storerooms |
| LINK ON-LINE | https://collections.geneve.ch/mah/ |
| ARCHAEOLOGICAL MISSION | Mission archéologique de l'Université de Genève au Soudan |
| DIRECTOR OF THE MISSION | CH. BONNET |
| YEAR OF EXCAVATION | 1990-1991 |
| CREDIT LINE | MAH, Musée d'art et d'histoire, Ville de Genève |
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faience (composite material)
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Classic Kerma |
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Creator
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Elena D’Itria
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Suggested Citation
Elena D’Itria. (2025) "Item 1999 from Africa/Sudan/Beït el-Shetan". In The Amulets of the Kerma Culture. Elena D’Itria (Ed). Released: In prep. Open Context. <https://opencontext.org/subjects/ca987977-21a1-46e5-9b4c-55ad129976d4> ARK (Archive): https://n2t.net/ark:/28722/k2183qz1j
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