String of 52 Beads, Ptolemaic or Roman Period, 2nd century BC–2nd century AD, Possibly from Egypt, Glass, gold foil, L. 23.7 × Diam. of each bead (approx.) 0.6 cm (9 5/16 × 1/4 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, 52 Beads, Ptolemaic, Roman Period, 2nd century BC–2nd AD, Egypt, Glass, gold foil, L, 23.7, Diam, bead, approx, 0.6 cm, 9 5/16, 1/4, Gold glass, beads, Hellenistic development, created, combining drawn, tubes, colorless, earliest examples, finished bead, modern stringings, ancient stringing, patterns, lost, string decays
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