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| ID | 591 |
| ACCESSION NUMBER | 25324 |
| SUBJECT | pendant |
| DESCRIPTION | A circular pendant (a) in mother-of-pearl, two holes for hanging in the upper part. The edges are rounded and smoothed. The external surface is removed; the internal layer of mother-of-pearl is still on. The shape is ciruclar and uniform. |
| CHRONOLOGY | Middle Kerma |
| CHRONOLOGICAL RANGE | 2000-1750 BC |
| MATERIAL | pinctada sq. |
| MATERIAL (Note) | pinctada sq. |
| LENGTH (cm) | 0.0 |
| WIDTH (cm) | 0.0 |
| THICKNESS (cm) | 0.0 |
| DIAMETER (cm) | 8.7 |
| BIBLIOGRAPHY | BONNET 1988; BONNET 1990: 197, n. 204. |
| REFERENCE | Bonnet, Ch., et alii., 1988, Les fouilles archéologiques de Kerma (Soudan). Rapport préliminaire des campagnes de 1986-1987 et de 1987-1988. GENAVA XXXVI, pp. 5-20. |
| ORNAMENTS_DESCRIPTION | A circular pendant (a) in mother-of-pearl, two holes for hanging in the upper part. The edges are rounded and smoothed. The external surface is removed; the internal layer of mother-of-pearl is still on. The shape is ciruclar and uniform. |
| 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 | CE 13 |
| SPECIFIC CONTEXT | Tomb 126 |
| ARCHAEOLOGICAL MISSION | MISSION ARCHEOLOGIQUE SUISSE AU SUDAN |
| DIRECTOR OF THE MISSION | CH. BONNET |
| YEAR OF EXCAVATION | 1987 |
| CREDIT LINE | National Museum of Sudan |
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Elena D’Itria
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Suggested Citation
Elena D’Itria. (2024) "Item 591 from Africa/Sudan/Kerma". In The Amulets of the Kerma Culture. Elena D’Itria (Ed). Released: In prep. Open Context. <https://opencontext.org/subjects/f94426f5-9343-4778-b531-854b17308b64> ARK (Archive): https://n2t.net/ark:/28722/k2xs65c9j
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