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There are 8 objects for which Shape_description contains → string
2008.7.123 Trapzoidal fragment with a small pierced cylindrical handle on the rim (for string?)
2008.7.135 Rim fragment with handle; exterior has a handle with a hole through it, possibly to put string through
45.3.1 Everted rim below which is attached a pinched handle with a string hole; elongated piniform body.
47.2.21 Bell, with a rounded lower edge, narrowing sharply and then tapering slowly to a rounded shoulder, where it is attached to a round knob, hollowed on one side, thickened on the other, pierced with a hole; there is another hole in the top of the bell, just below the hollowed part of the knob. A hand-modeled striking ball is attached, with a thin piece of jute string, knotted through the top hole and lowered through the bottom hole.
E.23.41.1-25 Beaded necklace, not on original string, consisting of 25 beads. All are circular but some are broader, bigger, rounder than others. Two small beads, one on each end which string is tied too.
E.23.47.1 A string of random beads placed together. The string consists of two Horus amulets, two lotus petal amulets, two scaraboid amulets, several single beads of circular shapes, one shell, one broken unidentifiable amulet and one cylindrical bead.
E.47.6.9 Undulating pie-crust mouth (probably hand molded). The body is globular and the base is rounded, with a small part flattened. The base presents the finger marks of the potter. It seems to have been suspended by a string around the neck (attached).
E.62.60 Large mouth, no neck, three handles for string, widest part is mid-way down the body, flat base.
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