Shebiu Necklace of Amenhotep
Object type: Necklace, shebiu, Amenhotep, lentoid
Department: Egyptian Art
Period: New Kingdom
Dynasty: Dynasty 18
Reign: Joint reign of Hatshepsut and Thutmose III
Date: ca. 1479–1458 B.C.
Medium: Faience, linen cord
Dimensions: L. of necklace with cord 63 cm (24 13/16 in.); Diam. of beads 1.35 cm (9/16 in.); Th. of beads 0.3 cm (1/8 in.)
Geography: From    Egypt Upper Egypt, Thebes Sheikh Abd el-Qurna
Locale: below the Tomb of Senenmut (TT 71)
Locus: Burial of Amenhotep, on coffin lid
Excavation: MMA excavations, 1935–36
Credit line: Rogers Fund, 1936
Accession year: 1936