Stratified eye

60EA
Stratified eye bead
1 century BC


Seven "eyes" of eight alternative white and colorless with brownish tint layers with deep blue center. Intact, good condition.

Diameter: 20 mm
Height:    18 mm

This bead is the last bead out of stratified eye bead series. Since then, stratified method was replaced by mosaic cane "eye", which was a cross-section of a mosaic cane. Lost stratified method is remains unclear for scholars and is still irreproducible.

 
For similar beads see:
-Spaer M., Ancient Glass in the Israel Museum. Beads and other small objects. Israel Museum, Jerusalem, 2001, pl. 7: 98
-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. 167: 208-5