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: Lapis lazuli, gold
Dimensions: L. 1.7 cm (11/16 in); w. 1.4 cm (9/16 in); th. 0.4 cm (3/16 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