String of beads with Heh amulet
Object type: Necklace, amulet
Department: Egyptian Art
Period: New Kingdom, Ramesside
Dynasty: Dynasty 19
Reign: reign of Ramesses II
Date: ca. 1279–1213 B.C.
Medium: Faience
Dimensions: L. 114 cm (44 7/8 in); Amulet: h. 2.7 cm (1 1/16 in); W. 1.4 cm (9/16 in)

Geography: From    Egypt Upper Egypt, Thebes Deir el-Medina
Locale: Tomb of Sennedjem (TT 1)
Excavation: Egyptian Antiquities Service/Maspero excavations, 1885–86
Credit line: Funds from various donors, 1886
Accession year: 1886