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Ancient glass beads: Two large genuine ancient Hellenistic glass beads, Rhodes

$ 39.6

Availability: 100 in stock
  • Modified Item: No
  • Handmade: Yes
  • Condition: Used
  • Color: Green
  • All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
  • Material: Glass
  • Time Period Manufactured: Pre-1400
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: Greece

    Description

    Two Hellenistic glass beads
    2-1 century BCE
    Rhodes
    Glass flattened lozenge beads of transparent glass with greenish and brownish tint.
    Intact, good condition.
    15 mm x 24 mm x 5 mm
    During the excavation of an ancient house in the city of Rhodes (1966-1967), a large amount of debris from a glass factory was recovered. The main production was evidently devoted to bead-making. Thousands of beads were discovered and the same beads were among them. See full report in:
    - G. D. Weinberg, “Glass Manufacture in Hellenistic Rhodes,” Archaiologikon Deltion 24 (1969), pp. 143-151, pl. 76-e
    For similar published examples in museum collections 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. 226 #304: p.218: 298-22
    - Alexeeva E.M. Antichniye busi severnogo prichernomoriya, Academy of Science, Moscow, 1978, table 33: 77
    - D.Nenna, Exploration archeologique de Delos, 32: Les verres, Paris, Athenes, EFA, De Boccard, 1999, pl.52: E100-101