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: Lapis lazuli, gold
Dimensions: L. 1.7 cm (11/16 in); w. 1.4 cm (9/16 in); th. 0.4 cm (3/16 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