Rings and necklace
Object type: Bead, Sweret, ring, Wah
Department: Egyptian Art
Period: Middle Kingdom
Dynasty: Dynasty 12
Reign: early reign of Amenemhat I
Date: ca. 1981–1975 B.C.
Medium: Carnelian and linen thread; blue-glazed steatite and linen thread; carnelian, turquoise, moss agate, amethyst, milky quartz, green-glazed steatite, and twisted linen cord
Dimensions: Sweret bead: L. 2 cm (13/16 in.); Diam. 1.1 cm (7/16 in.), Scarab: L. 2.6 cm (1 in.), Necklace: 103 cm (40 9/16 in.)
Geography: From    Egypt Upper Egypt, Thebes Southern Asasif
Locale: Tomb of Wah (MMA 1102)
Excavation: MMA excavations, 1920
Credit line: Rogers Fund and Edward S. Harkness Gift, 1940
Accession year: 1940