6th-5th century BCE
Four holes cut through, some filled with metal--functioned as bead spacer?
2.2 x 0.6 cm (7/8 x 1/4 in.)
Louise M. and George E. Bates, Camden, ME (by 1971-1992), gift; to the Harvard University Art Museums, 1992.
Serpentine
Mesopotamianlead
ByzantineLead
ByzantineSteatite or chlorite
6th-5th millennium BCEAnatolianLead
ByzantineGray stone, with perforations begun on each end but not bored through
8th-7th century BCENeo-AssyrianLead
ByzantineLead
ByzantineSerpentine
9th-8th century BCENear EasternLead
10th centuryByzantineSteatite or chlorite
2nd millennium BCEHittiteLead
Byzantine