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Beads

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A few irregular ring-shaped beads of decreasing sizes. This type of adornment was greatly appreciated by Nubian populations -Kerma and C-Group- between 2400 and 2000 B.C. All gabbro beads unearthed at Sai were discovered in Old Kerma burials.

Present location

INSTITUT DE PAPYROLOGIE ET D'ÉGYPTOLOGIE, UNIVERSITÉ DE LILLE III [02/049] LILLE

Inventory number

L 2319

Dating

ANCIENT KERMA

Archaeological Site

SAI ISLAND

Category

BEAD

Material

GABBRO

Technique

POLISHED

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