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Ancient glass horned eye beads of Hellenistic to Roman period, Mediterranean basin.Ancient horned eye bead
Ancient glass horned eye beads of Hellenistic to Roman period, Mediterranean basin.Ancient glass horned eye bead of Hellenistic to Roman period, Mediterranean basin.Ancient glass horned eye beads of Hellenistic to Roman period, Mediterranean basin.Ancient glass horned eye beads of Hellenistic to Roman period, Mediterranean basin.Ancient glass horned eye beads of Hellenistic to Roman period, Mediterranean basin.Ancient glass horned eye beads of Hellenistic to Roman period, Mediterranean basin.
Description

251EA
Horned eye bead
3-1 century BCE
Eastern Mediterranean region

Rod formed, wound matrix. Eight stratified protruding eyes, placed by four at each end, separated by white trail in the center.
All 8 eyes are intact, bead is in very good condition, iridescence. 
Max diameter: 16 mm
Height:  16 mm

For similar beads see:
- Alexeeva E.M. Antichniye busi severnogo prichernomoriya, Academy of Science, Moscow, 1975, table 32: 3-4
- M.Spaer. Ancient glass in the Israel Museum. Beads and other small objects, Jerusalem, 2001, p. 94 cat.113
- Veronique 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. 195 # 255.