37 Beads strung together
37 Beads strung together
Place of OriginEgypt
Date1st Century BCE-4th Century AD
DimensionsL: 16 in. (40.6 cm)
Mediumglass
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1923.363
Not on View
DescriptionStrand of thirty-seven glass beads of similar size and shape, primarily spherical and barrel-shaped, with one biconical bead. The decorative patterns include inlaid “eye” motifs in blue, green, black, and red matrices, and stripes in red, yellow, and black.
1st Century BCE-4th Century AD
1st Century BCE-4th Century AD
1st Century BCE-4th Century AD
4th century - 7th century CE
1st century BCE - 4th century CE
possibly 1st Century BCE-4th Century AD
1st century BCE - 1st century CE
Late Roman - Coptic (4th-6th century CE)
1st century BCE - 4th century CE
possibly late Roman period
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