String of 27 Eye Beads, Late Period–Ptolemaic Period, 6th–3rd century BC, From Egypt, Glass, L. 7.8 cm (3 1/16 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, 27 Eye Beads, Late Period–Ptolemaic Period, 6th–3rd century BC, Egypt, Glass, L, 7.8 cm, 3 1/16, Mosaic glass, beads, long, popular, period, large intercontinental, empires, 500, initiated, widespread trade, small items, modern stringings, ancient stringing, patterns, lost, string decays
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