Bead in the Form of a Persea Fruit
Object type: Bead, Persea fruit
Department: Egyptian Art
Period: New Kingdom
Dynasty: Dynasty 18
Reign: reign of Amenhotep III
Date: ca. 1390–1352 B.C.
Medium: Faience
Dimensions: H. 1.9 cm (3/4 in.); W. 1.5 cm (9/16 in.); Th. 0.5 cm (3/16 in.)
Geography: From    Egypt Upper Egypt, Thebes Malqata
Locale: Palace of Amenhotep III
Excavation: MMA excavations, 1910–11
Credit line: Rogers Fund, 1911
Accession year: 1911
Tags: Fruit