An Egyptian Electrum-Glass Bead depicting Harpokrates, Early Roman Imperial Period, ca. 50 BCE – 50 CE Medium - Terracotta Dimensions: Height: 2 1/4 inches

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An Egyptian Electrum-Glass Bead depicting Harpokrates, Early Roman Imperial Period, ca. 50 BCE – 50 CE Medium - Terracotta Dimensions: Height: 2 1/4 inchesGold glass beads were a Hellenistic development. They were created by combining drawn tubes of colorless glass with gold or electrum foil. The earliest examples were finished bead by bead. This flat rectangular example of colorless glass, has rounded edges and corners with a hole pierced vertically through the bead. On the upper surface is Harpokrates the child in raised relief, facing front, wearing the sidelock of youth, his right arm raised holding