KM173 (Early Roman Glass Stepped Conical Bead) [permalink]
Type
Inventoried Object
Material description
Opaque, medium blue (PMS 5473/5483) and white. No impurities.
Technique
Rod-formed by winding threads.
Logical part of
Inventoried Objects from the Greek-American Excavations at Koutsongila
Typological identification
Glass Bead
Comparanda
cf. BrockMackworthYoung1949, pp. 87, 90, 92, grave nos. 6.16, 7.2a, 7.2b, 20.9a, 20.9b, 22.15a, 22.15b, pls. 29:3, 34:3–4, 35:1–2 (“buttons”; graves on Siphnos, Early Roman)
Comparanda
cf. Canav1985, pp. 35, 143, nos. 12–14 (Türkiye Şişe Collection, Istanbul; from İznik, 1st century CE)
Comparanda
cf. CorinthXII, pp. 297, 304, nos. 2629, 2630, pl. 125 (“buttons”; “Late Roman”)
Comparanda
cf. Crowfoot1957b, pp. 399, 401–402, nos. 16, 17, fig. 92a (“spindle whorls”; Samaria-Sebaste)
Comparanda
cf. DelosXVIII, p. 270, no. B 4929, pl. 708:3 and XXXVII, p. 136, no. E121, pl. 53 (Late Hellenistic–Early Roman?)
Comparanda
cf. Dusenbery1967, pp. 48–49, fig. 51=SamothraceXI, pp. 1133–1135, nos. S205-16 to S205-20, S219-22, S220-8, S242-3 (graves on Samothrace, 1st century CE)
Comparanda
cf. Foy2010, pp. 467, 484–485, no. 1007 (“perle annulaire”; Musée d’Arles; from Arles, 1st century CE)
Comparanda
cf. NecropoleAmathonteIV, pp. 85–86, nos. 695–699, pl. XIX
Comparanda
cf. VAML3, p. 333, no. 543 (Louvre; from Egypt, 2nd century BCE–2nd century CE)
Comparanda
cf. Vessberg1952, pp. 152–153, pl. X:17=SwCyprusExIV.3, pp. 171, 174, 212, fig. 51:17 (Cyprus, 1st century CE?)
Comparanda
cf. duPlatTaylor19401948, p. 43, pl. 3:7:5, 7, 8 (“whorls”; tombs, Vasa, Cyprus)
Description
Conical stepped bead pierced through middle.
Preservation comment
Almost intact. Extensive abrasion and extensive chipping; moderate dulling, moderate to extensive silver iridescence; extensive patches of encrustation.
Published as
Papageorgiouetal2022, pp. 980, 1042, 1043, no. 676, fig.20.36
Height
0.008
Other Dimensions
Diam. base 0.022
Other Dimensions
Diam. hole 0.004
Material
Glass (Material)
Drawing
Photograph