String of 12 elongated disc beads, Ptolemaic Period–Roman Period, 2nd century BC–2nd century AD, From Egypt, glass, gold foil, l. 5.7 cm (2 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, 12 elongated disc beads, Ptolemaic Period–Roman Period, 2nd century BC–2nd AD, Egypt, glass, gold foil, l, 5.7 cm, 2 1/4, 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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