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Carnelian pendant

Carnelian pierced pebble (pendant). Photograph: yes. Photograph scale: 3:5.

Details

  • ID
    EMC_JE_56961
  • Department
    Egyptian Museum, Cairo
  • Classification
    Jewelry & adornment-Amulets and pendants
  • Findspot
    Debris on top of G 7754
  • Material
    Carnelian
  • Credit Line
    Egyptian Museum, Cairo
  • Cairo Special Register number
    EMC_SR_7/5168
  • Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts excavation number
    HUMFA_29-12-1
  • Date of Register Entry
    12/01/1929
  • Excavator
    George Andrew Reisner, American, 1867–1942
  • Object owned by
    Egyptian Museum, Cairo
  • Notes
    From excavations of George Reisner, 1929. Three stone pendants originally registered as HUMFA_29-12-1; two accessioned as MFA_29.2756a,b; one in Cairo Museum, EMC_JE_56961.
  • Remarks
    RELATED CONSTITUENT(S): George Reisner; RELATED SITE(S): G 7754; RELATED MEDIA: EMC_JE_XII_Sp029LR; MFAB_C12902_NS; ALTERNATE NUMBER(S): HUMFA_29-12-1

Tombs and Monuments 1

  • G 7754

    • Site Name Eastern Cemetery

People 1

Modern People

  • George Andrew Reisner

    • Type Excavator
    • Nationality & Dates American, 1867–1942
    • Remarks Egyptologist, archaeologist; Referred to as "the doctor" and "mudir" (Arabic for "director") in the excavation records. Nationality and life dates from Who was Who in Egyptology.

Institutions 1