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LOT 0811
Roman and Other Black Glass Bead Necklace String
1ST-4TH CENTURY A.D. AND LATER
17 3/8 in. (7.98 grams, 44 cm).
Composed of small oblate and other beads; restrung. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom London, UK, gallery collection, 1990s.
LiteratureFor example of similar black Roman beads see Then-Obluska, J., ‘Beads and pendants from the Hellenistic to early Byzantine Red Sea port of Berenike, Egypt, Seasons 2014 and 2015’ in Polish Archaeology in the Mediterranean, 27/1, 2018, pp.203–234, figs. 7 (esp.8,10,11), 8 no.14, 10b no.55.
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