Necklace
Object type: 9-13 shell beads between 2 carnelian beads
Department: Egyptian Art
Period: Middle Kingdom
Dynasty: Dynasty 13
Date: ca. 1802–1640 B.C.
Medium: Shell and carnelian
Dimensions: L. 67 cm (26 38 in)
Geography: From|Possibly from|Possibly from  ||  Egypt Memphite Region Lisht North
Locale: cemetery east of the tomb of Senwosret (758)
Locus: Pit 769 (location not recorded), fill at bottom of pit
Excavation: MMA excavations, 1910–11 (earliest photos)|MMA excavations, 1906–07
Credit line: Rogers Fund, 1909
Accession year: 1909