String of 10 Eye Beads, Late Period: Persian, 5th–4th Century B.C., From Egypt, Glass, L. 8.9 cm (3 1/2 in.), Mosaic glass beads had long been popular in Egypt. The period of large intercontinental empires beginning about 500 BC initiated a period of widespread trade of these small items. These are all modern stringings; most ancient stringing patterns are lost as the string decays
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String, 10 Eye Beads, Late Period, Persian, 5th–4th Century B.C, Egypt, Glass, L, 8.9 cm, 3 1/2, Mosaic glass, beads, long, popular, period, large intercontinental, empires, 500 BC, initiated, widespread trade, small items, modern stringings, ancient stringing, patterns, lost, string decays
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