Ancient glass beads: genuine ancient iridescent glass bead, 2 century BCE

Description

Monochrome glass bead
Eastern Mediterranean
Date: 2-1 century BC
Monochrome glass
Spherical. Transparent glass with greenish tint.
Intact, good condition. Totally iridescent.
Height 10 mm, diameter 14 mm
For published examples of identical bead in museum collection see:
- Ve´ronique Arveiller-Dulong, Marie-Dominique Nenna.  Les Verres antiques du Musée du Louvre III : Parure, instruments et éléments d’incrustation, Paris, Éditions du Louvre, Somogy, 2011, p. 79: #136