Gold-glass bead
Not on view
Colorless.
Flat with rounded edges and corners. Hole vertically through bead.
Enclosed in a thin layer of gold foil; on upper surface, female figure in relief, facing front, right arm raised, left hand on breast (possibly Isis); on underside, pattern of raised dots in horizontal rows (two dots in top, third and fifth row, three dots in second and fourth rows).
Broken at bottom, with lower half of figure missing, but with weathered edge; dulling, cracking, and slight iridescent weathering.
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