String of 12 Eye Beads - Public domain museum image. A bracelet made out of beads on a white surface
Summary
Mosaic glass beads had long been popular in Egypt. The period of large intercontinental empires beginning about 500 BC initiated a period of widespread trade of these small items. These are all modern stringings; most ancient stringing patterns are lost as the string decays.
From Egypt
Late Period–Ptolemaic Period
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Date
0000
Source
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Copyright info
Public Domain Dedication (CC0)