String of 65 Beads, Ptolemaic Period–Roman Period, 2nd century BC–2nd century AD, From Egypt, glass, gold foil, L. 33 cm (13 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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String, 65 Beads, Ptolemaic Period–Roman Period, 2nd century BC–2nd AD, Egypt, glass, gold foil, L, 33 cm, 13, Gold glass, beads, Hellenistic development, created, combining drawn, tubes, colorless, earliest examples, finished bead, bead, modern stringings, ancient stringing, patterns, lost, string decays
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