String of beads
Object type: Beads, string
Department: Egyptian Art
Period: Predynastic, Badarian
Date: ca. 4400–3800 B.C.
Medium: Glazed steatite
Dimensions: L.46.5 cm (18 5/16 in)
Geography: From    Egypt Northern Upper Egypt Matmar
Locus: Tomb 3107, Mummy, from neck (?)
Excavation: BSAE/Brunton excavations, 1931
Credit line: Rogers Fund, 1932
Accession year: 1932