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These four pendants made from shells were the only corporal adornments found on one of the skeletons of a multiple burial from the late Middle Kingdom at Mirgissa/Iken. Pierced at the narrowest extremity, these would have been strung together as a necklace. These neritic shells are from the Red Sea and are an additional demonstration of the contacts between the coast and the Nile Valley.

Ces quatre pendentifs de coquillage constituaient la seule parure d'un squelette inhumé dans une tombe multiple de la fin du Moyen Empire à Mirgissa/Iken. Perforés à l'extrémité la plus étroite, ils devaient être placés en collier. Appartenant au type "nerita", ils proviennent de la Mer Rouge et sont une nouvelle preuve des contacts établis entre cette région et la Vallée du Nil.

These four pendants made from shells were the only corporal adornments found on one of the skeletons of a multiple burial from the late Middle Kingdom at Mirgissa/Iken. Pierced at the narrowest extremity, these would have been strung together as a necklace. These neritic shells are from the Red Sea and are an additional demonstration of the contacts between the coast and the Nile Valley.

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