String of beads
Object type: Beads, string
Department: Egyptian Art
Period: Predynastic, Naqada III
Date: ca. 3300–3100 B.C.
Medium: Carnelian, garnet, quartz, glazed steatite

Dimensions: L. 20.5 cm (8 1/16 in.)
Geography: From    Egypt Northern Upper Egypt Abadiya
Locale: Cemetery H
Locus: Tomb H129
Excavation: EEF excavations 1898–99
Credit line: Gift of Egypt Exploration Fund, 1899
Accession year: 1899