Cylinder bead
Object type: Cylinder bead group
Department: Egyptian Art
Period: Middle Kingdom–Early New Kingdom
Dynasty: Dynasty 12
Reign: reign of Senwosret III-Amenemhat III
Date: ca. 1950–1804 B.C.
Medium: Glazed steatite
Dimensions: L. 1.5 cm (9/16 in.)
Geography: From    Egypt Memphite Region Lisht North
Locale: Tomb of Nakht (493), south cemetery
Locus: Pit 425
Excavation: MMA excavations, 1913–14
Credit line: Rogers Fund, 1915
Accession year: 1915
Tags: Hieroglyphs