String of beads
Object type: Beads, string
Department: Egyptian Art
Period: Middle Kingdom
Dynasty: Dynasty 12
Date: ca. 2030–1640 B.C.
Medium: Faience, amethyst, carnelian
Dimensions: L. 39 cm (15 3/8 in.)
Geography: From    Egypt Memphite Region Lisht North
Locale: cemetery south of pyramid below House  A1:3
Locus: Pit 883
Excavation: MMA excavations, 1920–22
Credit line: Rogers Fund and Edward S. Harkness Gift, 1922
Accession year: 1922