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Object Type
Museum number: 1898,1201.197
Description: Green and white microline (feldspar/amazonite) cylindrical bead, forming a capped bead with the two gold caps 1898.12-1.192-3; polished surface; the perforation was drilled lengthways from each end.
Cultures/periods: Late Cypriot I (LCI-II); Late Cypriot II
Production date: 1650BC-1200BC (circa)
Production place: Made in: Cyprus
Excavator/field collector
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot: Hala Sultan Tekke, Tomb VIII
Materials
Technique: polished; perforated; drilled
Dimensions: Length: 1.40 centimetres (whole bead)
Curator's comments: Described variously as glass (tomb list) or faience (BM jewellery catalogue, where it is ascribed to Maroni), Bailey correctly identified this bead as microline (feldspar or amazonite) and suggested that it was probably the cylindrical berd found with gold caps listed in this tomb group from Hala Sultan Tekke.
Bibliographic references: Jewellery / Catalogue of the Jewellery, Greek, Etruscan, and Roman, in the Departments of Antiquities, British Museum. (674); Bailey 1976 / Hala Sultan Tekke I. Excavations 1897-1971 (p. 16, pl. XVI, l); Kiely 2011c / Hala Sultan Tekke (VIII.8)
Location: Not on display
Acquisition date: 1898
Department: Greek and Roman
Registration number: 1898,1201.197

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