String of beads

Third Intermediate Period or later

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 130

These ovoid beads are made of glass and colored to imitate semi-precious gemstones. Here the opaque green glass represents beryl, with yellow used on one end of each bead to mimic a gold cap.

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