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Object NameBead

Made FromGlass

Date1400-1250 BCE

Techniquemold-pressed

SizeOverall L: 2.9 cm, W: 1.3 cm

Accession Number76.1.12

Credit LineGift of Carl Berkowitz and Derek Content

Curatorial Area(s)

Ancient

Exhibitions

Glass from the Ancient World

Place Made

possibly Greece, Peloponnese; possibly Greece, Crete

Physical DescriptionTranslucent deep blue glass with heavy iridescent white weathering crust over surface; mold-pressed, suspension holes on top and bottom made while casting. Rectangular bead, now preserves a rectangular bar across top outlined with relief dots, depressed central section preserves half of a circle outlined in relief dots surrounded by a double row of relief dots curling down to form a volute at the bottom of the element.
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