© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University

ClassificationsAncient Near Eastern Art

Bead

CulturePersian or Parthian

PeriodAchaemenid Period - Parthian Period

Date559 BCE-224 CE

Credit LineGift of the Estate of Michael J. Shubin

Object number2012.032.501

ProvenanceEx coll. Michael Shubin (1950-2008), Montebello, California.

Status

Not on view

Collections

Ancient Egyptian, Nubian, and Near Eastern Art

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