Title: Bead in the Form of a Persea Fruit
Object type: Bead, Persea fruit
Date: ca. 1390–1352 B.C.
Period: New Kingdom
Dynasty: Dynasty 18
Reign: reign of Amenhotep III
Medium: Faience
Dimensions: H. 1.9 cm (3/4 in.); W. 1.5 cm (9/16 in.); Th. 0.5 cm (3/16 in.)
Credit line: Rogers Fund, 1911
Geography: From    Egypt Upper Egypt, Thebes Malqata Palace of Amenhotep III  MMA excavations, 1910–11 
Department: Egyptian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Fruit