Disc and tubular faience beads.

Collection type: Object
Description: Disc and tubular faience beads.
Geographical reference: Sudan, Republic of
Africa > Northern Africa > Sudan, Republic of; Northern Sudan Dunqulah [Dongola Dunkula]
Person: Field collector Francis Llewellyn Griffith; PRM source Francis Llewellyn Griffith
Date
Date collected: 1913-14
Acquisition information: Acquired: 1921 Acquired: 07/1945
Materials and processes: Material Faience Pottery, Material Bead
Dimensions: Length: max 10 mm one bead
Object numbers: Accession number: 1945.7.8
Research and responses: Napata: the capital in about 750-590 BC of the ancient kingdom of Cush (Kush), situated downstream from the Fourth Cataract of the Nile, near Kuraymah in the northern part of what is now The Sudan. The Egyptian custom of royal burial under pyramids was introduced into Cush, as may be seen at Kurru and at Nuri, where the largest pyramid, that of the king Taharqa (reigned 690-664 BC), is situated. Taharqa, who also built several Egyptian-style temples at Napata and elsewhere, was defeated by the Assyrians and expelled from Egypt in 671 BC. Dunqulah: also spelled DONGOLA, OR DUNKULA, town, northern Sudan. It lies on the west bank of the Nile River, about 278 miles (448 km) northwest of Khartoum. Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica Online. [MR 10/8/2000]

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