A String with Carnelian Beads (Treasure of Tod)
GEM Number
65821
Collection
Main Galleries
Period
Middle Kingdom
Dynasty
12
Description
A string of fifty-eight irregularly shaped beads of carnelian (a semi-precious gemstone). These beads may mostly have come from Mesopotamia. They were deposited, along with other artefacts, inside four copper-alloy caskets discovered in 1936 in the foundations underlying the Temple of the god Montu at Tod.
Region
Upper Egypt
Area
Luxor
Cornelian
Length
15.7 cm