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Ancient Roman crumb beadRoman glass crumb bead EA300
Ancient Roman crumb beadAncient Roman crumb beads
Description

300EA
Roman Crumb bead
1-4 century

Wound blue matrix. Crumbs in yellow, red-brown, white and turquoise, all flat.
Intact, perfect condition.  
Max diameter: 12 mm
Height: 9 mm

For similar published beads in museum's collection see:
- Alexeeva E.M. Antichniye busi severnogo prichernomoriya, Academy of Science, Moscow, 1975, table 12: 82.
- 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. 158: 203-11.