1930,1213.675

Museum: British Museum      
Object Type: Furniture >> Inlays      
Culture/Period: Achaemenid Empire (Persian) 1     
Culture/Period: Neo-Babylonian 1     
Description (Modern): Fragment from lower left end of glass beard with two rows of stylised curls; probably belonged to composite statue; opaque light blue; the lower end of the beard projects 0.4 cm forwards and the back is thus convex; left side edge bevelled; cast by the lost-wax technique; the blue has faded and turned bluish-grey; covered by layer of lime accretion.     
Material: Inorganic Remains >> Glass and Related Material      
Museum Number (BM Registration Number): 1930,1213.675     
Measurement (Length): 3.92     cm
Measurement (Width): 4.92     cm
Measurement (Thickness): 1.52     cm
[1] ?
[2] Measured at British Museum.

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Catalogue of Western Asiatic glass in the British Museum Catalogue of Western Asiatic glass in the British Museum 1985 Barag, Dan (none)
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Barag, Dan. (1985) Catalogue of Western Asiatic glass in the British Museum, London: British Museum Publications.