String of 4 barrel beads
Object type: Beads, string
Department: Egyptian Art
Period: Middle Kingdom–Early New Kingdom
Dynasty: Dynasty 11–18
Date: ca. 2124–1504 B.C.
Medium: Carnelian, faience
Dimensions: L. of each bead: 1-1.3 cm (3/81/2 in.)
Geography: From    Egypt Upper Egypt, Thebes Asasif
Locale: Tomb MMA 800 group
Excavation: MMA excavations, 1929–30
Credit line: Rogers Fund, 1931
Accession year: 1931