bead
Object Name26 Beads
Made FromGlass
Date775-525 BCE
Place MadeNorthern Italy; Eastern Mediterranean
Techniquewound, drilled
SizeOverall H (max): 1.2 cm, Diam (max): 1.5 cm
Accession Number55.1.55
Curatorial Area(s)
Exhibitions
Ancient Persia: The Art of an Empire
Not On View
Physical DescriptionTranslucent colorless glass with greenish and yellow-greenish tinge, surface pitted with some low spots retaining patches of brilliant iridescent weathering product; wound and later drilled. Spherical and flattened biconical shapes, all drilled with three to five mm. diameter drills, some beads retain a notch or secondary centering hole on the one face apparently drilled perpendicular to the suspension hole.Provenance
Source
Abbas A. Mazda
- 1955-11-28
775-525 BCE
