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Ancient Egyptian glass bead with flower design mosaic caneEgyptian mosaic glass bead 253MSA
Ancient Egyptian glass bead with flower design mosaic caneAncient Egyptian glass bead with flower design mosaic caneAncient Egyptian glass beads with flower design mosaic caneAncient Egyptian glass bead with flower design mosaic cane
Description

253MSA
Ptolemaic mosaic bead
Egypt
Date: 1 century BCE
Mosaic glass

Pierced mosaic cane section, flattened. Complex mosaic cane with flower design in the center. 
Intact, very good condition.
Height 4 mm, diameter 11 mm

For similar beads see:
- Alexeeva E.M. Antichniye busi severnogo prichernomoriya, Academy of Science, Moscow, 1982, table 49: #6,7