Title: Elongated barrel bead inscribed with "City of Thebes"
Object type: Bead, elongated, "City of Thebes"
Date: 664–332 B.C.
Period: Late Period
Dynasty: Dynasty 26–30
Medium: Blue stone
Dimensions: L. 7 cm (2 3/4 in.)
Credit line: Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1905
Geography: From    Egypt      
Department: Egyptian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY