Bead with a jackal, Ptolemaic or Roman Period, 100 BC–100 AD, From Egypt, glass, gold foil, H. × W. cm (1/2 × 1/2 in

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Bead with a jackal, Ptolemaic or Roman Period, 100 BC–100 AD, From Egypt, glass, gold foil, H. × W. cm (1/2 × 1/2 in.), Gold glass beads were a Hellenistic development. They were created by combining drawn tubes of colorless glass with gold foil. The earliest examples were finished bead by bead. These are all modern stringings; most ancient stringing patterns are lost as the string decays

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Size: 5200px × 3467px
Photo credit: © Artokoloro / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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