Blue glass bead with 'eye' decoration
Abstract
Truncated biconical bead with a vertical perforation. Made of semi opaque, wound, blue glass with an opaque creamy white horizontal trail, around its centre. The bead has 7 'eyes', four above and 3 below the centre line. These are irregularly placed and comprise an irregular circle of opaque white with 2 inner concentric circles of yellow and white with a blue glass central dot. Beads decorated with 'eyes' of layered glass are known from Egypt, Mesopotamia and Europe.
Fields of Study & Subjects
Cultural Heritage Materials Analysis
Eurasian Exchange Networks
Ancient Mediterranean Archaeology and History
Publication details
- Journal / source
- Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
- Publication date
- 11 March 2026
- Language
- EN
- Document type
- Dataset