Melon beads
Object type: Beads (15)
Department: Egyptian Art
Period: New Kingdom
Dynasty: Dynasty 18
Reign: reign of Thutmose III
Date: ca. 1479–1425 B.C.
Medium: Gold, turquoise glass, lapis lazuli
Geography: From    Egypt Upper Egypt, Thebes Wadi Gabbanat el-Qurud, Wadi D
Locale: Tomb of the Three Foreign Wives of Thutmose III
Credit line: Purchase, Lila Acheson Wallace Gift, 1982
Accession year: 1982