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ID 1983
ACCESSION NUMBER 26176
SUBJECT beads
DESCRIPTION 14 disc-beads: these beads have a regular circular shape, the diameters of the holes are different one from another. They are pierced on one side only.
CHRONOLOGY Classic Kerma
CHRONOLOGICAL RANGE 1750-1550 BC
MATERIAL ivory
MATERIAL (Note) ivory
THICKNESS (cm) 0.1
DIAMETER (cm) 0.5
ORNAMENTS_DESCRIPTION 14 disc-beads: these beads have a regular circular shape, the diameters of the holes are different one from another. They are pierced on one side only.
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 183-5
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 1983 from Africa/Sudan/Akasha". In The Amulets of the Kerma Culture. Elena D’Itria (Ed). Released: In prep. Open Context. <https://opencontext.org/subjects/f5dc908e-8135-4401-a7d5-f13fa963f869> ARK (Archive): https://n2t.net/ark:/28722/k20c5df22

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