25 Beads strung together
25 Beads strung together
Place of OriginEgypt
Date1st Century BCE-4th Century AD
DimensionsL: 14 1/2 in. (36.8 cm)
Mediumglass
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1923.360
Not on View
DescriptionThis group of twenty-five glass beads includes shapes such as tubes, spheres, and cubes. The beads show colorful decoration with eye patterns and stripes, including one gold-colored bead with swirling threads of multiple colors.
possibly 1st Century BCE-4th Century AD
1st Century BCE-4th Century AD
1st Century BCE-4th Century AD
Late Roman - Coptic (4-6th century CE)
1st Century BCE-4th Century AD
possibly late Roman period
4th century - 7th century CE
1st century BCE - 4th century CE
1st century BCE - 1st century CE
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