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Ancient Roman monochrome glass faceted beadAncient monochrome glass faceted bead 118MA
Ancient Roman monochrome glass faceted beadAncient Roman monochrome glass faceted bead
Description

118MA
Roman faceted bead
Date: 1 century AD

Cube without corners, forming 14-faceted matrix. Translucent emerald blue-green glass.
Intact, very good condition.
Height 18 mm, 18x18 mm

For similar published examples see:
- 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.193 #246, p. 172: 211
- Alexeeva E.M. Antichniye busi severnogo prichernomoriya, Academy of Science, Moscow, 1978, table 33: 39
- M.Spaer. Ancient glass in the Israel Museum. Beads and other small objects, Jerusalem, 2001, p.74: # 48
-Metropolitan Museum # 74.51.333