String of Ball Beads
Object type: Beads, string
Department: Egyptian Art
Period: New Kingdom
Dynasty: Dynasty 18
Reign: reign of Amenhotep III
Date: ca. 1390–1352 B.C.
Medium: Glass, red-purple
Dimensions: L. 23 cm (9 1/16 in)
Geography: From    Egypt Upper Egypt, Thebes Malqata
Locale: Palace of Amenhotep III
Excavation: MMA excavations, 1910–12
Credit line: Rogers Fund, 1911
Accession year: 1911