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Ancient Roman beads: intact genuine Roman/Egyptian mosaic glass bead,1 century
Ancient Roman beads: intact genuine Roman/Egyptian mosaic glass bead,1 century

Ancient Roman beads: intact genuine Roman/Egyptian mosaic glass bead,1 century

$ 686.4

Availability: 100 in stock
  • Material: Glass
  • Condition: Used
  • Color: Multi-Color
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: Egypt
  • Featured Refinements: Ancient Roman mosaic bead
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    Description

    Roman mosaic bead
    Egypt
    Date: 1 century
    Mosaic glass
    Bead's matrix is formed by folding a premanufactured mosaic strip over a rod. Central band is composed of four square sections of quatrefoil leaves and concentric cane section in between.
    Intact, good condition.
    Height 15 mm, diameter 16 mm
    For published archaeological examples see:
    - Alexeeva E.M. Antichniye busi severnogo prichernomoriya, Academy of Science, Moscow, 1982, table 48: 1,2
    - M. Tempelmann-Maczynska, Die Perlen der römischen Kaiserzeit und der frühen Phase der Völkerwanderungszeit im mitteleuropäischen Barbaricum. Rom. Germ. Forsch. 43, 1985. taf. 11: 356a