Foundation deposit
bead
carnelian
String of carnelian beads. Beads have 3-4 mm diameter, mostly they are globular in shape, few in cylindrical. Length 80.0cm.
Excavated by the H.E. Winlock (Metropolitan Museum of Art) in the temple of Hatshepsut at Deir el-Bahari in 1923-1924. Gained by the Metropolitan Museum of Art in 1925 in the division of finds (Rogers Fund).
Museum object