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.
25th–31st Dynasties (747–332 BCE)
Probably Late Helladic III, about the 14th-12th century BCE
1st century BCE - 4th century CE
1st century BCE - 1st century CE
1st century BCE - 1st century CE
Roman Period, 1st-4th century CE
possibly 1st Century BCE-4th Century AD
1st century BCE - 4th century CE
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