Mosaic bead

260MSA 
Hellenistic mosaic glass bead
Eastern Mediterranean
Date: 3-2 century BC
Mosaic glass

Parallelepiped form perforated pre-manufactured mosaic cane section of layered blue and white glass.

Intact, good condition. 
Height 11 mm, 7 mm x 6 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