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Object Name24 Beads
Made FromGlass
Date775-525 BCE
Place MadeNorthern Italy; Eastern Mediterranean
Techniquewound, drilled
SizeOverall H (max): 1.2 cm, Diam (max): 1.3 cm
Accession Number55.1.56
Curatorial Area(s)
Exhibitions
Archaeology Exhibition
A Touch of Glass
Not On View
Physical DescriptionTwelve Carnelian beads alternate with twelve beads of translucent colorless glass with a yellow to greenish tint, bubbly with heavy pitting and much surface erosion, some weathering product adhering to low spots; 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