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Bead with figure of Harpokrates

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Gold glass beads were a Hellenistic development. They were created by combining drawn tubes of colorless glass with gold foil. The earliest examples were finished bead by bead. These are all modern stringings; most ancient stringing patterns are lost as the string decays.

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Ptolemaic or Roman Period

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amulets beads glass gold metal ptolemaic or roman period bead figure harpokrates ancient egypt egyptian civilisation high resolution ultra high resolution 3d object ptolemaic period sculpture metropolitan museum of art art of africa
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Metropolitan Museum of Art
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amulets beads glass gold metal ptolemaic or roman period bead figure harpokrates ancient egypt egyptian civilisation high resolution ultra high resolution 3d object ptolemaic period sculpture metropolitan museum of art art of africa