String of beads
Object type: Beads, string
Department: Egyptian Art
Period: Predynastic, Badarian
Date: ca. 4000–3800 B.C.
Medium: Bone, serpentinite, jasper (red), carnelian, turquoise, lapis lazuli
Dimensions: L. 19 cm (7 1/2 in.)
Geography: From    Egypt Northern Upper Egypt Matmar
Locus: Tomb 3094
Excavation: BSAE/Brunton excavations, 1931
Credit line: Rogers Fund, 1932
Accession year: 1932