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Object NameMellon Bead
Made FromGlass
Dateprobably 250-1 BCE
Place MadeEgypt
Techniquetooled, decorated, polished
SizeOverall D: 2.8 cm (approximate)
Accession Number54.1.137
Curatorial Area(s)
Not On View
Physical DescriptionOpaque multicolored glass; pitting and wear marks; tooled, with thread decoration; spherical melon-shaped polished bead with large hole; two yellow collars, body vertically ribbed, zig-zag pattern in brick red, white and black.
Provenance
Source Fahim Kouchakji (b. Syria, 1886-1976)

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