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New Kingdom
The "sweret" bead, when first used in the Middle Kingdom, was worn on a string around the neck (see 11.150.15b). Found in the New Kingdom burial of an Egyptian queen, this bead may have been intended to continue in the old practice. In later times, such beads seem to have been strung on wire and slipped around the mummy's arm.
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Title: Sweret Bead on Gold Wire
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: Carnelian, gold
Dimensions: Diam. of wire 10 cm (3 15/16 in.) ; L. of bead 1.9 cm (3/4 in.); diam. 1 cm (3/8 in.)
Credit Line: Fletcher Fund, 1920
Accession Number: 26.8.113
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