Faience bead with copper overlay
Faience bead with copper overlay
Place of OriginEastern Mediterranean (probably Egypt)
DatePtolemaic - Roman period
DimensionsDiam: 5/8 in. (1.6 cm)
MediumMolded faience, then enclosed in copper wire "cage"
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1980.1262
Not on View
DescriptionFaience bead molded in melon shape. Encased inside network of copper wire that has been wound into concentric diamond shapes and circles around entire bead.
Late Period, Dynasty 25 - 31
1st century BCE - 4th century CE
1st century BCE - 1st century CE
1st century BCE - 1st century CE
Probably Late Helladic III, about the 14th-12th century BCE
1st century BCE - 4th century CE
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