KM164 (Middle Roman-Early Byzantine Glass Small Cylindrical Bead) [permalink]
Type
Inventoried Object
Material description
Translucent, light to dark green trail (PMS 372/373-350) in opaque, light orangish yellow glass (PMS 1205). Sparse medium, spherical bubbles.
Technique
Rod-formed bead. Trail spirally applied and marvered; trimmed.
Logical part of
Inventoried Objects from the Greek-American Excavations at Koutsongila
Typological identification
Glass Bead
Comparanda
cf. CorinthXII, pp. 290, 294, nos. 2482, 2483, pl. 122 (G. Davidson; Late Roman–Byzantine?)
Description
Small bead. Cylindrical but tapering at ends, mostly round in section but cut along sides, unevenly perforated lengthwise. Trail of pale to dark green glass embedded in surface of pale yellow bead. Perhaps from necklace or bracelet.
Preservation comment
Intact. Slight abrasion; large patches of encrustation on sides.
Published as
Papageorgiouetal2022, pp. 981, 1042, no. 678, fig. 20.36
Diameter
0.005
Length
0.016
Width
0.003
Width
0.007
Material
Glass (Material)
Drawing
Photograph