Title: String of beads
Object type: Beads, string
Date: ca. 3650–3100 B.C.
Period: Predynastic, Naqada II–Naqada III
Medium: Lapis lazuli, travertine (Egyptian alabaster)
Dimensions: L. 4.5 cm (1 3/4 in.)
Credit line: Gift of Egypt Exploration Fund, 1899
Geography: From    Egypt Northern Upper Egypt Abadiya or Hiw   EEF excavations 1898–99 
Department: Egyptian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY