Cowroid bead
Object type: Bead, cowroid
Department: Egyptian Art
Period: New Kingdom
Dynasty: Dynasty 18, early
Reign: reign of Ahmose–Thutmose III
Date: ca. 1550–1425 B.C.
Medium: Travertine (Egyptian alabaster), silver
Dimensions: L. 1.9 cm (3/4 in); W. 1.1 cm (7/16 in); Th. 0.3 cm (1/8 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