String of beads
Object type: Beads, string
Department: Egyptian Art
Period: Predynastic, Naqada II–Naqada III
Date: ca. 3650–3100 B.C.
Medium: Faience, carnelian, stone, glass, shell (marine), hematite, resin, limestone, bone,
Nacre, Pearl, Travertine (Egyptian alabaster), Amber, paste
Dimensions: L. 18.5 cm (7 5/16 in.)
Geography: From    Egypt Northern Upper Egypt Abadiya
Locale: Cemetery R
Locus: Burial R191
Excavation: EEF excavations 1898–99
Credit line: Gift of Egypt Exploration Fund, 1899
Accession year: 1899