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| ID | 647 |
| ACCESSION NUMBER | 14 1050 |
| FIELD NUMBER | 14 1 344 |
| SUBJECT | djed |
| DESCRIPTION | Djed pillar was much more stylized than their Egyptian counterparts and without the typical dorsal pillar feature. In addition, it was lacking a base and three or four horizontal lines were incised in contrast to the Egyptian examples where four lines were obligatory. It was pierced lengthwise. |
| CHRONOLOGY | Classic Kerma |
| CHRONOLOGICAL RANGE | 1750-1550 BC |
| MATERIAL | faience |
| MATERIAL (Note) | faience |
| LENGTH (cm) | 1.9 |
| WIDTH (cm) | 0.5 |
| THICKNESS (cm) | 0.2 |
| DIAMETER (cm) | 0.0 |
| BIBLIOGRAPHY | REISNER 1923: 234-236 |
| REFERENCE | Reisner, G.A., 1923, Excavations at Kerma. Harvard African Studies, 5, Cambridge, Mass. |
| ORNAMENTS_DESCRIPTION | There are seventeen cylinder beads (0.5 cm in diameter), eighteen cylinder beads (0.3 cm in diameter), nine barrel beads (0.4 cm in diameter), fifty-four beads on ten strings (largest: 3.4 cm in length, smallest: 0.9 cm in length) and 202 amulet-beads. The amulet-beads include: eighty-two rectangular plaques with geometric motifs, twenty-nine Taweret figures, three Aha fugures, twelve baboons, one crocodile, seventeen elongated shapes with rounded tops, one human figure, five human hands, five rectangular beads each with a small protrusion; eleven U-shaped elements turned upside down; three rectangular plaques with small engraved lines; six rectangular plaques with dashed crosses; twenty-seven ladders. |
| PRESERVATION STATE | Complete |
| MUSEUM | MFA BOSTON |
| SPECIFIC LOCATION | Storerooms |
| LINK ON-LINE | https://collections.mfa.org/objects/365742/beads?ctx=b46f0722-2c06-48c3-b71c-5eb560dce8b6&idx=0 |
| Coordinates | N 19°36'43.52" E 30°26'42.23" |
| SECTOR | Eastern cemetery |
| SPECIFIC CONTEXT | K 444 body A |
| ARCHAEOLOGICAL MISSION | HARVARD UNIVERSITY- BOSTON MFA EXPEDITION |
| DIRECTOR OF THE MISSION | G. REISNER |
| YEAR OF EXCAVATION | 1914 |
| CREDIT LINE | Photograph © Museum of Fine Arts, Boston |
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faience (composite material)
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Classic Kerma |
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Elena D’Itria
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Suggested Citation
Elena D’Itria. (2024) "Item 647 from Africa/Sudan/Kerma". In The Amulets of the Kerma Culture. Elena D’Itria (Ed). Released: In prep. Open Context. <https://opencontext.org/subjects/e59d5224-c5d1-4a0b-b87b-6f317d024cd2> ARK (Archive): https://n2t.net/ark:/28722/k2x357n7q
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