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Necklace comprised of nine hundred and six disc-shaped beads made from bone or ostrich eggshell as well as one made from turquoise-coloured enamel. The tomb had been robbed, but the nine rows of beads were found where the person's neck supposedly would have been.

Collier constitué de neuf cent six perles discoïdes de petite taille en os ou en coquille d'oeuf d'autruche et d'une perle en pâte émaillée de couleur turquoise. La tombe était pillée mais les perles ont été retrouvées à l'emplacement supposé du cou, enfilées sur neuf rangs.

Necklace comprised of nine hundred and six disc-shaped beads made from bone or ostrich eggshell as well as one made from turquoise-coloured enamel. The tomb had been robbed, but the nine rows of beads were found where the person's neck supposedly would have been.

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Gratien Brigitte, Saï I, Paris, 1986, p. 56.

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Lieu de découverte: 
Numéro de fouille: S. 870; tombe SKC 3-26-2.

État de conservation: 
907 perles conservées. Collier remonté.

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