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New Kingdom
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This group of beads came to the Museum as part of a girdle made of fish-shaped beads and gold, faience, paste, and carnelian beads. Since the girdle was a modern construct made from ancient elements, it was dismantled and the various components used in alternative reconstructions.
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Title: Ring beads strung together
Period: New Kingdom
Dynasty: Dynasty 18
Reign: reign of Thutmose III
Date: ca. 1479–1425 B.C.
Geography: From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Wadi Gabbanat el-Qurud, Wadi D, Tomb of the Three Foreign Wives of Thutmose III
Medium: Red paste
Dimensions: L. 13.2 cm (5 3/16 in.)
Credit Line: Fletcher Fund, 1919
Accession Number: 26.8.61c
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