String of 5 knobbed beads, 2nd century BC–2nd century AD

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String of 5 knobbed beads, Ptolemaic or Roman Period, 2nd century BC–2nd century AD, From Egypt, glass, gold foil, l. cm (1 1/4 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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