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Trail Decorated Late Roman Glass Pendant Bead
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Item Number: CA-15-454
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CULTURE / REGION OF ORIGIN: Roman Empire, Levantine coastal region
DATE: 4th - 5th Century AD
DIMENSIONS: 1.7 cm (0.67 in.) long
DESCRIPTION: A barrel shaped glass pendant bead of the Late Roman period, formed of very dark, possibly purple glass, appearing black, with a thick, circular loop for suspension at the top center, and decorated with a single continuous thread of yellow glass, making ten rotations around the bead. Minor chipping to one end and some wear to the yellow thread but otherwise intact and wearable.
PROVENANCE: Formerly in a Canadian private collection
COMPARISONS: See Maud Spaer,Ancient Glass in the Israel Museum, Beads and Other Small Objects, catalog #173 for a very similar example. |
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