Sweret Bead on Wire
Object type: Necklet, sweret bead
Department: Egyptian Art
Period: New Kingdom
Dynasty: Dynasty 18
Reign: reign of Thutmose III
Date: ca. 1479–1425 B.C.
Medium: Carnelian, gold

Dimensions: Greatest diam. 8.3 cm (3 1/4 in.)
Geography: From    Egypt Upper Egypt, Thebes Wadi Gabbanat el-Qurud, Wadi D
Locale: Tomb of the Three Foreign Wives of Thutmose III
Credit line: Fletcher Fund, 1921
Accession year: 1926