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ID 2038
ACCESSION NUMBER 26207
SUBJECT beads
DESCRIPTION 170 ring-beads with an irregular surface, slightly different from each other both in terms of their holes and diameter.
CHRONOLOGY Classic Kerma
CHRONOLOGICAL RANGE 1750-1550 BC
MATERIAL faience
MATERIAL (Note) faience
DIAMETER (cm) (Note) 0.2-0.1
ORNAMENTS_DESCRIPTION 170 ring-beads with an irregular surface, slightly different from each other both in terms of their holes and diameter.
PRESERVATION STATE Complete
MUSEUM MAH GENEVA
SPECIFIC LOCATION Storerooms
LINK ON-LINE https://collections.geneve.ch/mah/
Coordinates N 21°04′00″ E 30°43′00″
SECTOR 21-N-50
SPECIFIC CONTEXT Tomb 161-4
ARCHAEOLOGICAL MISSION Mission archéologique de la Fondation Henry M. Blackmer et du Centre d'études orientales de l'Université de Genève
DIRECTOR OF THE MISSION C. Maystre
YEAR OF EXCAVATION 1970-1971
CREDIT LINE MAH, Musée d'art et d'histoire, Ville de Genève
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Suggested Citation

Elena D’Itria. (2024) "Item 2038 from Africa/Sudan/Akasha". In The Amulets of the Kerma Culture. Elena D’Itria (Ed). Released: In prep. Open Context. <https://opencontext.org/subjects/f308ca29-abb0-4bfd-9d7d-4afb50b9c54d> ARK (Archive): https://n2t.net/ark:/28722/k2543546f

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