Needle in a leather casing_SJE6
Title
Needle in a leather casing_SJE6
Description
Published photograph of a needle in a leather casing, found in grave n°1, cemetery 19 (Faras station).
Object reference in SJE inventories: 19/1.12
Material: bronze (copper alloy) and leather
Dimensions of the case: L: 130 cm, Diam.: 3-4 cm
The grave contained the partly disturbed remains of a mature male surrunded by a large funerary equipment. Beside 8 ceramic vessels, it included metalic knives and a cosmetic spatula, a spoon, fragments of leather bags and containers, a die, a bronze ring, beads, textile and leather fragments, ropes, and remains of fruits. The needle is interpreted as part of the "toilet ustensils".
Estimated dating: 500-600 CE.
(Description: SJE6, p. 68. Further information about this grave can be found p. 102-103 in Säve-Soderberg T. 1962. "Preliminary report of the Scndinavian Joint Expedition". Kush 10: 76-105.)
Object reference in SJE inventories: 19/1.12
Material: bronze (copper alloy) and leather
Dimensions of the case: L: 130 cm, Diam.: 3-4 cm
The grave contained the partly disturbed remains of a mature male surrunded by a large funerary equipment. Beside 8 ceramic vessels, it included metalic knives and a cosmetic spatula, a spoon, fragments of leather bags and containers, a die, a bronze ring, beads, textile and leather fragments, ropes, and remains of fruits. The needle is interpreted as part of the "toilet ustensils".
Estimated dating: 500-600 CE.
(Description: SJE6, p. 68. Further information about this grave can be found p. 102-103 in Säve-Soderberg T. 1962. "Preliminary report of the Scndinavian Joint Expedition". Kush 10: 76-105.)
Creator
Torgny Säve-Soderberg
Source
Säve-Soderberg T. (ed.) 1981. Late Nubian Cemeteries, The Scandinavian Joint Expedition to Sudanese Nubia Publications vol. 6. Scandinavian University Books: pl. 92.
Publisher
Scandinavian University Books
Date
1981
Contributor
E. Yvanez
Type
Published material
Collection
Citation
Torgny Säve-Soderberg, “Needle in a leather casing_SJE6,” Re-excavating SJE 350/II, accessed May 1, 2024, https://nubianburial.ku.dk/items/show/22.