Amethyst bead
Amethyst bead
Place of OriginEgypt
Date1st century BCE - 6th century CE
DimensionsMax L: 1 3/8 in. (3.5 cm); Max W: 7/8 in. (2.3 cm)
MediumGround and cut stone
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1980.1270
Not on View
DescriptionElongated teardrop shaped bead (pierced longitudinally), made of amethyst. Perhaps Coptic.
300-700 CE
15th or 16th century
1st century BCE - 4th century CE
1st Century BCE - 4th Century CE
1st century BCE - 3rd century CE
4th century - 7th century CE
Late Roman - Coptic (4th-6th century CE)
1st Century BCE-4th Century AD
2nd century BCE - 4th century CE
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