Four-strand string of beads, 1 cowrie shell, and 2 Bes amulets
Object type: Beads, string, four strands
Department: Egyptian Art
Period: Middle Kingdom
Dynasty: Dynasty 12–13
Date: ca. 1981–1640 B.C.
Medium: Faience, paste, shell (cowrie), carnelian
Dimensions: l. 10. 5 cm (4 1/8 in)
Geography: From    Egypt Memphite Region Lisht South
Locale: tomb of Senwosretankh
Locus: Surface burial 34-37 inside basket 33.1.37a, b
Excavation: MMA excavations, 1932–33
Credit line: Rogers Fund, 1933
Accession year: 1933