Bead ca. 3rd-7th century A.D. Sasanian This bead has a faceted square face and is made of light blue clear glass, covered with a pearly iridescence. Glass beads were popular across the larger region during the Sasanian period. Various types of beads and styles were manufactured from the Rome to Egypt. At Ctesiphon there is evidence for local manufacture of glass objects from the Italian excavations at the site of Choche. The city of Ctesiphon was located on the east bank of the Tigris River, 20 miles (32 km) south of modern Baghdad in Iraq. It flourished for more than 800 years as the capital of the Parthians and the Sasanians, the last two dynasties to rule the ancient Near East before the Islamic conquest in the seventh century. Systematic excavations in the Ctesiphon area were undertaken by an expedition in 1928-29 sponsored by the German Oriental Society (Deutsche Orient-Gesellschaft). The Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Staatliche Museen, Berlin, undertook a joint expedition fo

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Bead ca. 3rd-7th century A.D. Sasanian This bead has a faceted square face and is made of light blue clear glass, covered with a pearly iridescence. Glass beads were popular across the larger region during the Sasanian period. Various types of beads and styles were manufactured from the Rome to Egypt. At Ctesiphon there is evidence for local manufacture of glass objects from the Italian excavations at the site of Choche. The city of Ctesiphon was located on the east bank of the Tigris River, 20 miles (32 km) south of modern Baghdad in Iraq. It flourished for more than 800 years as the capital of the Parthians and the Sasanians, the last two dynasties to rule the ancient Near East before the Islamic conquest in the seventh century. Systematic excavations in the Ctesiphon area were undertaken by an expedition in 1928-29 sponsored by the German Oriental Society (Deutsche Orient-Gesellschaft). The Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Staatliche Museen, Berlin, undertook a joint expedition fo

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