Title: String of beads
Object type: Beads, string
Date: ca. 3300–3100 B.C.
Period: Predynastic, Naqada III
Medium: Carnelian, garnet, quartz, glazed steatite
Dimensions: L. 20.5 cm (8 1/16 in.)
Credit line: Gift of Egypt Exploration Fund, 1899
Geography: From    Egypt Northern Upper Egypt Abadiya Cemetery H Tomb H129 EEF excavations 1898–99 
Department: Egyptian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY