String of Beads
Object type: Beads, string
Department: Egyptian Art
Period: Late Period
Dynasty: Dynasty 25–26
Date: ca. 712–525 B.C.
Medium: Faience, carnelian, bone, silver, lapis, glass
Dimensions: L. 9.8 cm (3 7/8 in.)
Geography: From    Egypt Upper Egypt, Thebes Deir el-Bahri
Locale: Temple of Mentuhotep II, Court
Locus: among intrusive burials
Excavation: MMA excavations, 1920–22
Credit line: Rogers Fund and Edward S. Harkness Gift, 1922
Accession year: 1922