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Courtesy of the Georges Ricard Foundation and the California Institute of World Archaeology
Eye Bead
Courtesy of the Georges Ricard Foundation and the California Institute of World Archaeology
Courtesy of the Georges Ricard Foundation and the California Institute of World Archaeology
Courtesy of the Georges Ricard Foundation and the California Institute of World Archaeology
ClassificationsAncient Egyptian Art

Eye Bead

PeriodPtolemaic
Date300-100 BCE
MediumGlass
Credit LineGift of the Georges Ricard Foundation
Dimensions7/8 x 1 x 1 in., 18 g (2.2 x 2.5 x 2.5 cm, 5/8 oz.)
Object number2018.010.872
ProvenancePurchased by Georges Ricard (1921-2012) from Jean-François Mignon, Aix-en Provence, France, May 28, 1973. Ex coll. Musée de l'Égypte et le Monde Antique, Collection Sanousrit, Monaco, 1975-1982. Ex coll. Georges Ricard Foundation, Santa Barbara, California.
Status
Not on view
Collections
  • Ancient Egyptian, Nubian, and Near Eastern Art
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
3rd-1st Century BCE
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
ca. 1st century BCE-1st century CE
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
1539-1191 BCE
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5th Century BCE
Courtesy of the Georges Ricard Foundation and the California Institute of World Archaeology
late 1st Century BCE-4th Century CE
Courtesy of the Georges Ricard Foundation and the California Institute of World Archaeology
5th-4th Century BCE
Courtesy of the Georges Ricard Foundation and the California Institute of World Archaeology
4th Century BCE
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
1st Millennium BCE
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
1st Millennium BCE
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5th-3rd Century BCE