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Title: Bead bracelet or anklet
Period: Middle Kingdom
Dynasty: Dynasty 11
Date: ca. 2051–1981 B.C.
Geography: From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Deir el-Bahri, Temple of Mentuhotep II, North Triangular Court, Pit 29, MMA excavations, 1922–23
Medium: Blue faience with original string
Dimensions:
L. 6.5 cm plus string
Beads: l. 1.3 cm; diam. 0.5 cm
Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1925
Accession Number: 25.3.251
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