String of Scaraboids
Object type: Necklace, scaraboids
Department: Egyptian Art
Period: New Kingdom
Dynasty: Dynasty 18
Reign: reign of Thutmose I–Thutmose III
Date: ca. 1504–1425 B.C.
Medium: Faience
Dimensions: L. 82 cm (32 5/16 in)
scaraboids: L. 0.7–1.5 cm (1/4–5/8 in); w. 0.5–0.9 cm (1/4–3/8 in)
Geography: From    Egypt Upper Egypt, Thebes Asasif
Locale: Tomb CC 37, Hall (C)
Locus: burial 31
Excavation: Carnarvon/Carter excavations, 1911
Credit line: Purchase, Edward S. Harkness Gift, 1926
Accession year: 1926