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Roman glass beads necklace
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Pre AD 1000 item# 657982 (stock# 1)
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Nomis Antiquities Inc,
Tel. 1-800-500-2238
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Roman Period, 1 st Century BC – 4 th Century AD. A nice strand of glass beads alternating with opaque orange, translucent green and golden glass beads. Some purplish glass beads are also intermixed within the strand. All well preserved as is most glass from the Fayoum region. A pendant in the form of a pharonic head is also strung with the beads. It is encrusted and its’ age is undetermined. Necklace measures 17” and strung to be worn
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A gilded wooden ibis head
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Egyptian:
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Pre AD 1000 item# 643782 (stock# 1)
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Nomis Antiquities Inc,
Tel. 1-800-500-2238
SOLD 5/3/07
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Late Period, 664 – 30 BC. A gilded wooden ibis head. Long beaked with detailed facial features . Looped at the ends for attachment to an ibis mummy bundle. Nice gilding remaining . L: 10 "There were many shrines and sanctuaries dedicated to Thoth, who was worshiped in ibis-form. An ibis mummy was given as a votive offering by pilgrims who visited these places, hoping for some sort of bestowment of favor
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