Title: Cowroid bead
Object type: Bead, cowroid
Date: ca. 1550–1425 B.C.
Period: New Kingdom
Dynasty: Dynasty 18, early
Reign: reign of Ahmose–Thutmose III
Medium: Travertine (Egyptian alabaster), silver
Dimensions: L. 1.9 cm (3/4 in); W. 1.1 cm (7/16 in); Th. 0.3 cm (1/8 in)
Credit line: Purchase, Edward S. Harkness Gift, 1926
Geography: From    Egypt Upper Egypt, Thebes Asasif Tomb CC 37 Burial 78 Carnarvon/Carter excavations, 1911 
Department: Egyptian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY