necklace

 

Necklace made up of 35 olive-shaped beads formed from opaque multicoloured glass, with threads in the form of spirals.

Present location

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

Inventory number

L 1101

Dating

MEROITIC PERIOD

Archaeological Site

AKSHA/SERRA WEST

Category

NECKLACE

Material

GLASS

Technique

PRESSED IN A FORM/MODEL

Bibliography

• Thill Florence, Nubie, les cultures antiques du Soudan, catalogue d'exposition, Lille, 1994, p.108, n°137.
• Vila André, "Le cimetière méroïtique", dans Aksha II, Paris, 1967, p.306-307, fig.57b.
• Gratien Brigitte, La Nubie au temps des pharaons, catalogue d'exposition, [Boulogne-sur-mer], 1975, p.27, n°304.

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