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ID 257
ACCESSION NUMBER 1005
FIELD NUMBER 14-2-1440
SUBJECT baboon
DESCRIPTION The baboon is represented in a very schematic way withouth any detail. It was pierced lengthwise. The animal is crouched on a rectangular base; the snout is merely outlined, short and squared, the eyes and the ears realized by small projections; the body is smooth but without any indication of the lower arms and paws. There were only summary and superficial oblique lines on the sides of the body.
CHRONOLOGY Classic Kerma
CHRONOLOGICAL RANGE 1750-1550 BC
MATERIAL faience
MATERIAL (Note) faience
LENGTH (cm) 1.8
WIDTH (cm) 0.4
THICKNESS (cm) 0.2
DIAMETER (cm) 0.0
BIBLIOGRAPHY REISNER 1923:396
REFERENCE Reisner, G.A., 1923, Excavations at Kerma. Harvard African Studies, 5, Cambridge, Mass.
ORNAMENTS_DESCRIPTION Many faience beads: twenty-two ball-beads, thirty-seven disc-beads (diam. 0.6), twelve short tubolar-beads and fourty-five amulet-beads. Amulets include: eight baboons, one elongeted shape with rounded top, two human hands, three rectangular decorated plaques with dashed crosses, fourteen Taweret, one rectangular bead with a small protrusion.
PRESERVATION STATE Complete
MUSEUM NMS KHARTOUM
SPECIFIC LOCATION Storerooms
LINK ON-LINE http://sudannationalmuseum.com/
Coordinates N 19°36'43.52" E 30°26'42.23"
SECTOR Eastern cemetery
SPECIFIC CONTEXT K XVI C, body M
ARCHAEOLOGICAL MISSION HARVARD UNIVERSITY- BOSTON MFA EXPEDITION
DIRECTOR OF THE MISSION G. REISNER
YEAR OF EXCAVATION 1914
CREDIT LINE National Museum of Sudan
Suggested Citation

Elena D’Itria. (2024) "Item 257 from Africa/Sudan/Kerma". In The Amulets of the Kerma Culture. Elena D’Itria (Ed). Released: In prep. Open Context. <https://opencontext.org/subjects/f7dcfc0f-80bd-41e3-809a-8d2867b3a473> ARK (Archive): https://n2t.net/ark:/28722/k2sf3779r

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