Skip to content
Pitt Rivers Museum
AboutHire the MuseumNewsletterUniversity of Oxford

2001.67.108

String with a dark grey glass bead and two turquoise faience pendants or amulets one in the shape of a sow and the other in the form of a crowned human figure, possibly a deity, possibly Hathor. [El.B 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 29/6/2005]

2001.67.108

Digital asset copyright: Pitt Rivers Museum, University of Oxford

Terms and Conditions

If you wish to order a high-resolution image and/or licence its use for print or web publication, exhibition, film, promotional product or any other use, whether in the academic or commercial sector of any print run, then please visit photographic services.

Collection type
Object
Description
String with a dark grey glass bead and two turquoise faience pendants or amulets one in the shape of a sow and the other in the form of a crowned human figure, possibly a deity, possibly Hathor. [El.B 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 29/6/2005]
Geographical reference
Sudan, Republic of
Africa > Northern Africa > Sudan, Republic of
Nubia Dunqulah [Dongola Dunkula]
Cultural groups
Nubian
Date
Date collected
By 1934
Acquisition information
Donated: 1921, uncertain Found unentered: 2001
Materials and processes
Material Bead, Material Faience Pottery, Material Glass, Process Strung
Dimensions
Length: max 60 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 2001.67.108 Other numbers: NI/ 779

Search terms: Ornament, Bead, Religion, Figure, Amulet, Animal Figure, Pendant

Further items to explore