String of beads with jackal and human-head amulets
Object type: Necklace, beads
Department: Egyptian Art
Period: Late Old Kingdom
Dynasty: Dynasty 6
Date: ca. 2323–2150 BC
Medium: Carnelian
Dimensions: L. 24 cm (9 7/16 in.)
Geography: From    Egypt Middle Egypt Zaraby (near Deir Rifa)
Locus: Tomb 3
Excavation: BSAE excavations 1906-1907
Credit line: Gift of The Egyptian Research Account and British School of Archaeology in Egypt, 1907
Accession year: 1907