Segmented gold-glass bead consisted of three rows of three granular clusters. Smooth ends.
Intact, surface chip at one end. Rare type.
Largest bead: D. 8 mm, H. 12 mm
For similar published examples in museum collections see:
- Ve´ronique Arveiller-Dulong, Marie-Dominique Nenna. Les Verres antiques du Musée du Louvre III : Parure, instruments et éléments d’incrustation, Paris, Éditions du Louvre, Somogy, p.151: cat 196, 2011, p. 218: #19.
- M.Spaer. Ancient glass in the Israel Museum. Beads and other small objects, Jerusalem, 2001, p. 138: #237
- Alexeeva E.M. Antichniye busi severnogo prichernomoriya, Academy of Science, Moscow, 1978, table 26: 60.