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A few irregular ring-shaped beads of decreasing sizes.  This type of adornment was greatly appreciated by Nubian populations -Kerma and C-Group- between 2400 and 2000 B.C.  All gabbro beads unearthed at Sai were discovered in Old Kerma burials.

Quelques perles de taille décroissante, annulaires et de forme irrégulière. Ce type d'ornement était prisé par les populations nubiennes, Kerma et du Groupe C, entre 2400 et 2000 avant J.C. &Agrave; Sai toutes les perles en gabbro ont été découvertes dans les sépultures du Kerma Ancien.

A few irregular ring-shaped beads of decreasing sizes.  This type of adornment was greatly appreciated by Nubian populations -Kerma and C-Group- between 2400 and 2000 B.C.  All gabbro beads unearthed at Sai were discovered in Old Kerma burials.

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Gratien Brigitte, Saï I, Paris 1986, p. 57, fig. 40.
Gratien Brigitte, La Nubie au temps des pharaons, catalogue d'exposition, [Boulogne-sur-mer], 1975, p; 18, n°76.

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Lieu de découverte: 
SKC 3-2-8 / S.885.

Material: 
Pierre dure à grains noirs et blancs.

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