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Ancient trailed beads

Ancient glass trail - decorated beads. In most cases, glass thread applied spirally around the matrix and worked further into scallops, feathers and zigzag designs. Selection below is starting chronologically from 7th century BC, covering ancient trailed beads of Phoenician, Greek, Egyptian and Persian origin through the period of Roman dominance,  Migration, Byzantine and Islamic periods, up to 10th century AD.