String of 12 beads
String of 12 beads
Place of OriginEgyptian
Date1st century BCE - 4th century CE
DimensionsMax Diam: 3/4 - in. (1.9 cm)
MediumComposite mosaic glass
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1980.1263A-L
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Description12 beads of same size and one larger example, all barrel-shaped. Composed of black glass, either spattered with red/green/yellow blobs or inlaid with zigzag yellow and white glass threads.
1st century BCE - 1st century CE
1st century BCE - 4th century CE
2nd century BCE - 2nd century CE
1st century BCE - 4th century CE
1st century BCE - 4th century CE
4th century - 7th century CE
Sixth through fifth centuries BCE
1st century BCE - 1st century CE
6th - 5th centuries BCE
1st Century BCE - 4th Century CE
1st century BCE - 4th century CE
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