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New Kingdom
This ovoid bead is made of glass and colored to imitate semi-precious stone. The opaque dark blue glass represents lapis lazuli, with yellow used on one end to mimic a gold cap.
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Title: Bead
Period: New Kingdom
Dynasty: Dynasty 18
Date: ca. 1550–1295 B.C.
Geography: From Egypt
Medium: Glass
Dimensions: Diam. 0.6 × L. 1.3 cm (1/4 × 1/2 in.)
Credit Line: Gift of Helen Miller Gould, 1910
Accession Number: 10.130.3184b
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