String of beads
Predynastic, Badarian
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Title: String of beads
Period: Predynastic, Badarian
Date: ca. 4400–3800 B.C.
Geography: From Egypt, Northern Upper Egypt, Matmar, Tomb 3107, Mummy, from neck (?), BSAE/Brunton excavations, 1931
Medium: Glazed steatite
Dimensions: L.46.5 cm (18 5/16 in)
Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1932
Accession Number: 32.2.36
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