This material is composed of the same elements as frit, mainly silicates, but not as highly fired.  Usually used in beads. 

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Object U Number Museum Number (UPM Date Reg Number) Museum Number (BM Registration Number) Museum Number (UPM B-number) Description (Catalog Card)
16212 (none) (none) (none) Beads: A mixed lot of paste, carnelian, agate, jasper, cats eye, crystal, breccia, sard, hematite, lapis, copper, amethyst. Order not kept.
16213 31-43-146 (none) (none) Beads: A large number of rather irregularly shaped balls of banded green & yellow glaze, well preserved: larger ball beads of glass paste, dark blue with white veinings or plain blue: and a few smaller glass beads (clour gone) either bugles or..., these apprantly of yellow glaze; originally a very poor string. With these a scarab of pale blue glazed frit, fairly realistic. [drawing]
16285 (none) (none) (none) Beads: mostly amethyst. 4 facetted flattened lentoids, with these some squares of banded sard, small carnelian balls and some paste and shell rings, and a crescent-shaped pendant of agate. For order see Field Notes.
16301 (none) (none) (none) Beads: glass paste, balls, barrels, and worked double conoids.
16325 (none) (none) (none) Beads. Glass paste balls, rings and lentoids.
16363 (none) (none) (none) Beads: 3 gold barrel beads: carnelian rings and a plain scaraboid; 3 lapis scaraboids 1 with design; 2 steatite double concoids; glass paste ring bead-broken; 1 lapis (?) ball bead. [drawing]
16372 (none) (none) (none) Necklace. Large beads. Quartz, glass paste, jasper, sandstone(?) lentoids. For order see Field Note.
16373 (none) (none) (none) Necklace. Glass paste ring beads. Carnelian double conoids. Frit double conoids. Jasper(?) green double concoids. fluted Frit discoid.
16654 (none) (none) (none) Beads. Glass paste. Ring beads. Large quantity.
16682A 31-43-162 (none) (none) Beads. Glass paste, balls and ovoids.
16698 (none) (none) (none) Beads: Carnelian bugles and flattened double conoids; steatite bugle; glass paste fluted bead; green quartzite(?) bead. [drawing]
16715B (none) (none) (none) Beads: Glass paste. (1) circular yellow button beads with blue inlaid centres. (2) small yellow ring beads, (3) composite black and white tubular beads.
16718 (none) (none) (none) Duck weight pendant. Agate. Type VI
16724 (none) (none) (none) Beads: 2 strings. Carnelian balls; fluted blue glass paste double conoids.
16726 31-43-149 (none) (none) Beads: glass paste. Green and white, including one large lentoid with combed patter. Barrels and rings.
16756 (none) (none) (none) Beads. Mostly glass paste, balls, rings, barrels, lentoids. Blue, green, black with yellow spots and black with white bands. One lapis half lentoid.
16767A (none) (none) (none) [A] Beads: glass paste: balls, rings, lentoids - a few fluted balls. Also. [B-D] 3 scaraboid seals glazed with quasi hieroglyphic signs, and [E-F] 2 Puzuzu heads.
16780 31-43-141 (none) (none) Necklace. Glass paste, lentoids, barrels, & pear-shaped beads. Black, yellow and some blue with white bands.
16795.1 31-43-148 (none) (none) [.1-.2] Beads: glass paste: balls, lentoids, pear-shaped beads, 1 variegated glass bugle bead-combed decoration. Also carnelian, agate and steatite; and some worked yellow glazed beads.
17007 31-43-637 (none) (none) Vase. Glass paste (?) Miniature. Type same as U.16388 q.v. to be drawn.
17008 (none) (none) (none) Beads. Glass paste rings - minute. Carnelian rings - minute.
17010 (none) (none) (none) Bottle. Glass paste. Miniature. Broken and part of rim missing. Type. Similar to U.16388.
17021.1 31-43-150 (none) (none) [.1-.2] Beads. About 130 in all. Carnelian, lentoids, balls, rings, double conoids, discoids. Lapis lazuli double conoids, rings and discoid. Glass paste balls, and a few worked discoids.
17025 (none) (none) (none) Beads. Mostly glass paste, balls and rings and 1 Puzuzu (?) head. Glass paste represented as a roaring lion.
17031 (none) (none) (none) Beads. Larger beads formed a necklace, smaller a bracelet carnelian discoids, rings, balls. Glass paste balls. Miniature glass paste puzuzu heads. 1 silver ball bead. [additional notes on back of card]

Related Terms

Faience - Frit