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Object NameBiconical Mosaic Bead

Made FromGlass

Date299-1 BCE

SizeOverall L: 2.5 cm, Diam: 1.7 cm

Accession Number54.1.32

Credit LineGift of Fahim Kouchakji

Curatorial Area(s)

Ancient

Place Made

Eastern Mediterranean

Physical DescriptionTranslucent green glass, canes of opaque yellow, opaque red and amethyst glass, bubbly, dull surface, somewhat iridescent in patches; wound on a pointed rod, band of mosaic glass. Long truncated bi-conical green bead rolled horizontally over a strip of mosaic glass elements consisting of a center band of amethyst squares alternating with narrow bands of white, a band of alternating white and yellow stripes on either side of this central configuration, all lines are parallel to the axis of the bead; this band is poorly marvered into the surface.
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