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Ancient iridescent monochrome glass bead 270MAAncient monochrome glass bead 270MA
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Description

270MA
Monochrome glass bead
Date: 4 - 2 century BCE
Eastern Mediterranean


Spherical. Transparent glass with greenish tint.

Intact, good condition, little dent during manufacturing. Totally iridescent.
Height 15.5 mm, diameter 16.5 mm

For published examples of identical bead see:
- Ve´ronique 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. 79: #136