U17

Mediterranean or Near Eastern lead bead

£25

A small cylindrical bead made from cast lead and decorated with a series of diagonal lines.

Lead was a useful and valuable metal in the ancient world and few items of jewellery survive in this material.

Near East or Mediterranean, early 1st Millennium BC.

Intact

Size: 0.95 x 0.8 cms

Ex. Astarte Gallery, London W1. Acquired 1970's/1980's.