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Ancient glass bead, Hellenistic, 3-2 century BC, 337MSAHellenistic bead 337MSA
Ancient glass bead, Hellenistic, 3-2 century BC, 337MSAAncient glass bead, Hellenistic, 3-2 century BC, 337MSAAAncient glass bead, Hellenistic, 3-2 century BC, 337MSAb
Description

337MSA 
Hellenistic mosaic glass bead
Eastern Mediterranean
Date: 3-2 century BC
Mosaic glass

 

Parallelepiped form perforated pre-manufactured amber glass cane section with layered blue and white glass.

Intact, good condition. 
Height 10 mm, 5 mm x 4 mm.

 For published archaeological examples of the same bead in museum collections see:
- Alexeeva E.M. Antichniye busi severnogo prichernomoriya, Academy of Science, Moscow, 1978, table 27: 32