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Hearst Museum/MFA ARK ark:/21549/hm21060014367
Museum Persistent URL https://n2t.net/ark:/21549/hm21060014367
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) The assemblage referred to by excavators could include 6-14357, 6-14364, or 6-14367.
Item name 4-strand necklace
Object Number 6-14367
Accession Number Acc.54/56/63/107
Count 259 (approx)
Color blue, green (faience); white (faience, steatite, shell); brown (faience, steatite)
Material
Material Note faience, steatite, shell
Measurements (weight g) 51.2
Measurements - strand (length cm) 38.0
Measurements - strand (diameter cm) 28.2
Measurements (length mm) (Note) 1.48–16.74
Measurements (diameter mm) (Note) 4.80–10.41
Production OMMA, molding (faience)
Edge/No edge no edge
Aperture descrpition apex, end (faience); end (steatite)
Perforation single plain (steatite)
Striation longitudinal (steatite)
Glaze mostly worn, mostly not worn (faience); mostly worn (steatite)
Typology (Nai Xia 2014) ball - PN8d, PN8f (faience); figural - door/ladder (4, 1 broken), scarabs (4), paddle (1), unknown (ox head?) (1); spacer - PD18d’ (but not decorated); cylindrical, short - PN22t (faience); spacer - L66b, L66b’, L66d’ (steatite); cylindrical, short - L17c (steatite); cylindrical, long - L17e (steatite); barrel, short - L12l (steatite); barrel, long - L11l (steatite); shell - conus shell? perhaps Mitra maculosa shell? (2)
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)
4-strand necklace (ID: 6-14367) info
Vocabulary: Phoebe A. Hearst Museum Catalog
Open Context References: 4-strand necklace (ID: 6-14367) 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
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Temporal Coverage
Vocabulary: DCMI Metadata Terms (Dublin Core Terms)
Creator
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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 34 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/e03d82fe-d55d-4779-9ea4-e4112eba238f> ARK (Archive): https://n2t.net/ark:/28722/k27p9740s

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