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Hearst Museum/MFA ARK ark:/21549/hm21060014381
Museum Persistent URL https://n2t.net/ark:/21549/hm21060014381
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 2072
Context Within Tomb In large chamber
Context In Relation to Body Round neck, in front
Context (Other Info) probably on shell necklace
Item name Length of necklace (not a loop)
Object Number 6-14381
Accession Number Acc.54/56/63/107
Count 370 (approx)
Color red (carnelian); brown (faience); white (quartz, steatite, ostrich eggshell)
Material
Material Note faience (5), carnelian (3), quartz (1), steatite (1), ostrich eggshell
Measurements (weight g) 17.3
Measurements - strand (length cm) 47.5
Measurements (length mm) (Note) 0.67–6.88
Measurements (diameter mm) (Note) 3.86–9.28
Production OMMA (faience), molding (lion)
Edge/No edge edge (carnelian); no edge (the remainder)
Aperture descrpition end
Perforation double cone (quartz, carnelian); single plain (steatite, ostrich eggshell)
Striation longitudinal (steatite); rotary (carnelian); random (quartz)
Glaze mostly worn (faience, steatite)
Polish dull (carnelian), rough (quartz)
Typology (Nai Xia 2014) barrel, short - H15n (carnelian); conical, short - PN19d (faience); cylindrical, short - S18i (steatite); disc, barrel - H2k (quartz); disc, biconical - H5j, H5m (carnelian); disc, cylindrical - R52f (ostrich eggshell); ring, cylindrical - R52c (ostrich eggshell); figural - lion
Photos C 8235
Map Location A5
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References
Vocabulary: DCMI Metadata Terms (Dublin Core Terms)
Length of necklace (not a loop) (ID: 6-14381) info
Vocabulary: Phoebe A. Hearst Museum Catalog
Open Context References: Length of necklace (not a loop) (ID: 6-14381) 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 46 from Africa/Egypt/Naga ed-Deir/Cemetery 2000/Tomb 2072". 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/dca32a91-83cf-4da2-9430-e872370d601d> ARK (Archive): https://n2t.net/ark:/28722/k2ms3zr73

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