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Object NameBead
Made FromGlass
Date1400-1200 BCE
Place MadeEgypt
Techniqueformed on cores or wire, trail-decorated, tooled
SizeOverall D: 1 cm
Accession Number54.1.141-4
Curatorial Area(s)
Not On View
Physical DescriptionTranslucent greenish-blue, translucent medium blue, translucent green, translucent greenish-grey, opaque white, and opaque yellow glass, all bubbly with some stone, dull surfaces, some unweathered; formed on cores or wire, trail-decorated, tooled. Thick disc-shaped bead of medium blue glass flattened on both sides, one face retains an amethyst (?) dot in a large white field surrounded by a white cane spirally wound with amethyst (?), where the spiral trail ends meet, a small dot of opaque yellow is preserved, possibly the remains of a suspension loop.
Provenance
Source Fahim Kouchakji (b. Syria, 1886-1976) - 1954-07-01