String of beads
Object type: Beads, string
Department: Egyptian Art
Period: Predynastic, Late Naqada l–Naqada II
Date: ca. 3800–3300 B.C.
Medium: Carnelian, stone (black, white and brown), possibly quartz, shell, travertine (Egyptian alabaster), lapis lazuli, obsidian, copper
Dimensions: L: 21.8 cm (8 9/16 in.)
Geography: From    Egypt Northern Upper Egypt Abadiya
Locale: Cemetery B
Excavation: EEF excavations 1898–99
Credit line: Gift of Egypt Exploration Fund, 1899
Accession year: 1899