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Ptolemaic Period–Roman Period
Gold glass beads were a Hellenistic development. They were created by combining drawn tubes of colorless glass with gold foil. The earliest examples were finished bead by bead. These are all modern stringings; most ancient stringing patterns are lost as the string decays.
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Title: Spool-shaped bead
Period: Ptolemaic Period–Roman Period
Date: 100 BC–200 AD
Geography: From Egypt
Medium: glass, gold foil
Dimensions: l. 1.4 cm (9/16 in.)
Credit Line: Gift of Helen Miller Gould, 1910
Object Number: 10.130.3226
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