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Stratified eye

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Ancient glass bead with layered eyes, Mediterranean, 324EAAncient glass bead with layered eyes 324EA
Ancient glass bead with layered eyes, Mediterranean, 324EAAncient glass bead with layered eyes, Mediterranean, 324EAb
Description

324EA                          
Stratified eye bead
6-4 century BC
Mediterranean region

Aquamarine matrix with sand core. Three stratified eyes with white-blue-white-blue layers. 
Diameter: 10 mm
Height:    8 mm
Intact. Perfect condition.


For similar beads see:
-Kunter K. Glasperlen der vorromischen Eisenzeit IV. Schichtaugenperlen. Marburger Studien, 1995, taf. 2: 34.
-Véronique Arveiller-Dulong, Marie-Dominique Nenna.  Les Verres antiques du Musée du Louvre III : Parure, instruments et éléments d’incrustation, Paris, Éditions du Louvre, Somogy, 2011, p. 112 #175.
--B.Kriz, P. Stipancic, A. Skedelj Petric. Arheoloska podoba Dolenjske, Novo Mesto, 2009, p.257 cat.38.a