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| ID | 1041 |
| ACCESSION NUMBER | 20 1747 |
| FIELD NUMBER | 14 2 17 |
| SUBJECT | Taweret |
| DESCRIPTION | Taweret is depicted in a very schematic way without any detail. It was pierced crosswise. No details are represented and the figure is recognized only by its silhouette. The arms and the paws were not indicated. One Taweret was realized in gold. |
| CHRONOLOGY | Classic Kerma |
| CHRONOLOGICAL RANGE | 1750-1550 BC |
| MATERIAL | gold |
| MATERIAL (Note) | gold |
| LENGTH (cm) | 0.8 |
| WIDTH (cm) | 0.1 |
| THICKNESS (cm) | 0.2 |
| DIAMETER (cm) | 0.0 |
| BIBLIOGRAPHY | Reisner 1923: 405 |
| REFERENCE | Reisner, G.A., 1923, Excavations at Kerma. Harvard African Studies, 5, Cambridge, Mass. |
| ORNAMENTS_DESCRIPTION | A necklace comprising of thirty small faience and thirteen small gold amulets, pierced for stringing, and four faience ring beads. It would originally have been part of a circlet; strands of faience beads interspersed with amulets. The amulets include: four baboons; two djed pillalrs, three elongated shapes with rounded tops, six hawks, one turtle, fifteen Taweret figures, one human hand very stylized (uncertain). |
| PRESERVATION STATE | Complete |
| MUSEUM | MFA BOSTON |
| SPECIFIC LOCATION | Storerooms |
| LINK ON-LINE | https://collections.mfa.org/objects/143162/amulets?ctx=7755b9e2-2ea6-40d7-8 |
| Coordinates | N 19°36'43.52" E 30°26'42.23" |
| SECTOR | Eastern cemetery |
| SPECIFIC CONTEXT | K 1604 13 |
| ARCHAEOLOGICAL MISSION | HARVARD UNIVERSITY- BOSTON MFA EXPEDITION |
| DIRECTOR OF THE MISSION | G. REISNER |
| YEAR OF EXCAVATION | 1913 |
| CREDIT LINE | Photograph © Museum of Fine Arts, Boston |
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gold (metal)
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Classic Kerma |
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Elena D’Itria
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Suggested Citation
Elena D’Itria. (2024) "Item 1041 from Africa/Sudan/Kerma". In The Amulets of the Kerma Culture. Elena D’Itria (Ed). Released: In prep. Open Context. <https://opencontext.org/subjects/eda3cea6-88b6-4d09-b51c-bf8fb0f78465> ARK (Archive): https://n2t.net/ark:/28722/k26h50m2k
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