Rings and necklace

Medium

Carnelian and linen thread; blue-glazed steatite and linen thread; carnelian, turquoise, moss agate, amethyst, milky quartz, green-glazed steatite, and twisted linen cord

Dimensions

Sweret bead: L. 2 cm (13/16 in.); Diam. 1.1 cm (7/16 in.), Scarab: L. 2.6 cm (1 in.), Necklace: 103 cm (40 9/16 in.)

Classification

Bead, Sweret, ring, Wah

Period

Middle Kingdom

Department

Egyptian Art

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Rogers Fund and Edward S. Harkness Gift, 1940

Accession Number

40.3.1,.11,.16-related