1886.10.12.1

Collection type

Object

Description

Transparent orange-yellow stone pendant [.1] and white pear-shaped pendant [.2]. [N.B. 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 19/7/2005]

Geographical reference

Egypt

Africa > Northern Africa > Egypt

Thebes

Person

Field collector Richard Francis Burton

PRM source Oxford University Museum of Natural History

Date / Period

Date made: Before 1886

Date collected

By 1886

Acquisition information

Donated: 09/1886, uncertain Transferred: 09/1886, uncertain

Materials and processes

Material Stone, Process Carved, Process Perforated

Dimensions

Length: max 15 mm, Length: max 24 mm

Object numbers

Accession number: 1886.10.12.1 Accession number: 1886.10.12.2

Research and responses

Related Documents File - Ian H. Williams has passed on the following information to us (1998) with reference to the Burton collections that we hold from Midian and Axim, Gold Coast: ‘Midian (Madyan), is a term used to describe the northernmost part of the Hejaz and is a mountain range on the southeast coast of the Gulf of Aqaba. Burton made a trip there in March 1877 to look for gold. He collected many geological samples and published a book about his reconnaisance entitled ‘The Gold Nimes of Midian and The Ruined Midianite Cities’ (London: C. Keegan Paul and Co., 1878). He returned to Midian in October and carried out three expeditions. These resulted in many interesting archaeological findings but no gold. These exploits were recounted in a book entitled ‘The Land of Midian (revisited).’ It is interesting to note that you also have a collection of implements taken from Axim, Gold Coast. These were collected upon another of Burton’s (again unsuccessful) quests for gold.” [See file for complete text] [JN] [MOB 4/9/2001]

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