Acacia beads from girdle
Object type: Beads, acacia, from girdle
Department: Egyptian Art
Period: Late Middle Kingdom
Dynasty: Dynasty 12, late - 13 up to 1700
Date: ca. 1850–1700 B.C.
Medium: Carnelian, lapis lazuli
Dimensions: L. 7.8 cm (3 1/16 in)
Geography: From    Egypt Memphite Region Lisht North
Locale: cemetery south of pyramid below House A1:2
Locus: Pit 884
Excavation: MMA excavations, 1920–21
Credit line: Rogers Fund and Edward S. Harkness Gift, 1922
Accession year: 1922