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This green stone bead was excavated at Yarim Tepe in northeastern Iran, six miles south of the modern town of Gonbad-e Kavus. Yarim Tepe was a small settlement, inhabited from the Neolithic to the Parthian period, with many interruptions. This bead likely dates to the Parthian period, though such objects are notoriously difficult to date.
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Title: Bead
Period: Parthian
Date: ca. 3rd century BCE–2nd century CE
Geography: Iran, Yarim Tepe
Culture: Parthian
Medium: Stone, green black
Dimensions: 0.59 in. (1.5 cm)
Credit Line: Purchase, H. Dunscombe Colt Gift, 1963
Object Number: 63.102.7
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