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Description: | Assortment of items from one excavation envelope: a) cowrie shells Cypraea annulus and other species, all with dorsum cut away; b) cone shells, holed for use as beads; c) single Columbellidae shell, holed at apex; d) three cockles, species Cerastaderma, two holed at top; e) three much worn Glycimenis sp valves; f) group of Nerita sp marine shells, worn and holed for stringing; g) three aniclla shells, holed in body for stringing; h) single worn shell, Cerithium caeruleum, with hold punched in body, i) group of holed shells Arcularia gibbulosa j) non-shell material with shells at registration - two miniature disk beads, two tubular beads, one glazed stone bead (?) and one chert (?) pendant holed at end k) disk of a cone shell, with large hole worked through l) single large shell, marine, Semicassis sp, worked by removing one edge m) nine small fragments of marine shell, fossilized, n) single holed shell, Nassaridae | Format: | text/html | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/ | Rights holder: | University College London | Subjects: | Egyptology | Source: | UCL Museums | Identifier: | http://www.ucl.ac.uk/museums/objects/LDU... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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