Ancient glass beads: Egyptian blue faience melon bead

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Egyptian melon beadDate: 2 century BC - 1 century ADFaienceSpherical body with thirteen sharply defined longitudinal ribs. Turquoise faience.Intact, good condition.Height 16 mm, diameter 16mmFor published archaeological examples of the same bead see:- Ve´ronique Arveiller-Dulong, Marie-Dominique Nenna. Les Verres antiques du Musée du Louvre III : Parure, instruments et éléments d’incrustation, Paris, Éditions du Louvre, Somogy, 2011, p. 212, #295-2.