Hepy, String of cowrie shells
Object type: Cowrie shells
Department: Egyptian Art
Period: Middle Kingdom
Dynasty: Dynasty 12, early-mid
Date: ca. 1950–1885 B.C.
Medium: Shell (Marine), Nacre, Pearl
Dimensions: l. 12.5 cm (4 15/16 in)
Geography: From    Egypt Memphite Region Lisht South
Locale: tomb west of the tomb of Senwosretankh 
Locus: Pit 3, Burial of Hepy, scattered in front of blocking wall
Excavation: MMA excavations, 1933–34
Credit line: Rogers Fund, 1934
Accession year: 1934