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Object NameBead
Made FromGlass
Date1400-1200 BCE
Place MadeEgypt
Techniqueformed on cores or wire, trail-decorated, tooled
SizeOverall L: 9 mm
Accession Number54.1.141-3
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. Ovoid bead or pendant of greenish-blue glass, very bubbly, two eyes each yellow-brown glass in a white matrix applied opposite each other along the horizontal suspension hole; between the two is a large chip which may suggest a lost suspension loop.
Provenance
Source Fahim Kouchakji (b. Syria, 1886-1976) - 1954-07-01