Egyptian faience

269NA
Egyptian faience necklace 
Date: 1 century BC to 1 century AD
Roman 

Necklace restrung with 11 faience melon beads of different color (blue, turquoise, yellow) with well defined ribs. All beads are from the same period and culture. 

Strung on a modern leather rope with decorative knots.

Good condition, all beads are intact with no restoration. 

Largest bead: diameter 20 mm,  height 17 mm.

Necklace is 24" ( 61 cm) long (without clasps).

For similar published beads in museum collections 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. 212 #295

- Alexeeva E.M. Antichniye busi severnogo prichernomoriya, Academy of Science, Moscow, 1978, table 5:28