Necklace of ball beads and gold amulets
Object type: Necklace, ball beads, amulets
Department: Egyptian Art
Period: New Kingdom
Dynasty: Dynasty 18
Reign: reign of Ahmose–Thutmose III
Date: ca. 1550–1425 B.C.
Medium: Gold over pitch, carnelian, lapis lazuli
Carnelian
Lapis-lazuli
Dimensions: L. 43 cm (16 15/16 in)
Amulets: L. 0.9–1.1 cm (3/8 in); W. 0.4–0.5 cm (1/8–1/4 in)
Geography: From    Egypt Upper Egypt, Thebes Asasif
Locale: Tomb CC 37
Locus: Burial 78
Excavation: Carnarvon/Carter excavations, 1911
Credit line: Purchase, Edward S. Harkness Gift, 1926
Accession year: 1926