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This strand of beads was among the nine found wrapped around the body of a newborn who was buried alongside its mother in a tomb-chapel in the necropolis at Kharga Oasis
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Title: String of Beads
Date: 4th–7th century
Geography: Made in Kharga Oasis, Byzantine Egypt
Culture: Coptic
Medium: Glass, coral
Dimensions: 8 1/4 x 3/16 in. (21 x 0.5 cm)
Classification: Miscellaneous
Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1931
Object Number: 31.8.7
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