bead

Object Name26 Beads

Made FromGlass

Date775-525 BCE

Techniquewound, drilled

SizeOverall H (max): 1.2 cm, Diam (max): 1.5 cm

Accession Number55.1.55

Curatorial Area(s)

Ancient

Exhibitions

Ancient Persia: The Art of an Empire

Place Made

Northern Italy; Eastern Mediterranean

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.
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