Name: String of 12 Eye Beads. Dimensions: L. 10.5 cm (4 1/8 in.). Date: 600-200 BC.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. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA. - SuperStock
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String of 12 Eye Beads. Dimensions: L. 10.5 cm (4 1/8 in.). Date: 600-200 BC.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. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

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