Glass bead

Unknown

ca. 1500–1350 BCE · Glass · Greek and Roman Art

These beads probably belong to a type known as Nuzi beads, named after the site of Nuzi (present-day Yorgan Tepe, Iraq) where similar examples were discovered in the 1920s. Others have been found at sites across the ancient Near East, as well as at the Hittite capital of Hattusa (present-day Bogazkale, Turkey) and Mycenae in Greece. Made in the same mold, these two beads are the only known examples of this type from Cyprus.

Artist

Unknown

Date

ca. 1500–1350 BCE

Medium

Glass

Culture

Probably western Asiatic or Levantine

Department

Greek and Roman Art

Credit line

The Cesnola Collection, Purchased by subscription, 1874–76