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Glazed bead
Bead with spiral decoration
Faience (glazed ware) bead or model mace head. The spiral decoration is the usual way that the Egyptians showed imitation stoneware, as seen from pottery vessels dating to the pre-dynastic period. Theis object is large for a bead and it is possible that it was an object intended to symbolise a traditional weapon. However, the function and in fact date remains uncertain. The type of material (faience) is typical of that produced in Meroe (Nubia) during the Roman period, for this reason the object has been dated to this period. The object is complete with little damage to the surface. The material consists of crushed quartz pebbles which are then glazed with a glass-like material.
Width: 0.045 m
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1932) by Towry Whyte, E.
Roman
Circa
100
CE
-
Circa
400
CE
Accession number: E.398.1932
Primary reference Number: 53145
Oldadmincategory: FG
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Antiquities
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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Glazed bead" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/53145 Accessed: 2024-12-23 16:00:45
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