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ID 559
ACCESSION NUMBER 1260
FIELD NUMBER 14-2-1001
SUBJECT ladder
DESCRIPTION ladder is characterized by a rectangular shape with 9 horizontal elements that follow each other on the frontward side, while the backside appears to be smooth. It was pierced lengthwise.
CHRONOLOGY Classic Kerma
CHRONOLOGICAL RANGE 1750-1550 BC
MATERIAL faience
MATERIAL (Note) faience
LENGTH (cm) 1.6
WIDTH (cm) 0.4
THICKNESS (cm) 0.2
DIAMETER (cm) 0.0
BIBLIOGRAPHY Reisner 1923: 161-162
REFERENCE Reisner, G.A., 1923, Excavations at Kerma. Harvard African Studies, 5, Cambridge, Mass.
ORNAMENTS_DESCRIPTION Many faience tubolar beads, many cylinder beads, many ring beads and ten amulet-beads. Amulets include: three elongeted shapes with rounded top, three ladders, three Taweret, one human hand.
PRESERVATION STATE Complete
MUSEUM NMS KHARTOUM
SPECIFIC LOCATION Storerooms
LINK ON-LINE http://sudannationalmuseum.com/pages_e/northernsudan.html
Coordinates N 19°36'43.52" E 30°26'42.23"
SECTOR Eastern cemetery
SPECIFIC CONTEXT K 323
ARCHAEOLOGICAL MISSION HARVARD UNIVERSITY- BOSTON MFA EXPEDITION
DIRECTOR OF THE MISSION G. REISNER
YEAR OF EXCAVATION 1914
CREDIT LINE National Museum of Sudan
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Suggested Citation

Elena D’Itria. (2024) "Item 559a from Africa/Sudan/Kerma". In The Amulets of the Kerma Culture. Elena D’Itria (Ed). Released: In prep. Open Context. <https://opencontext.org/subjects/e1730eab-e42b-40e8-a559-5cce3a50f223> ARK (Archive): https://n2t.net/ark:/28722/k2805jg0w

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