archaicwonder:Phoenician Glass Eye Bead Necklace, c. 6th-2nd century BCComposed of forty-six globula
archaicwonder:Phoenician Glass Eye Bead Necklace, c. 6th-2nd century BCComposed of forty-six globular beads of various sizes and colours, some with applied eyes, other of mosaic glass, some Roman and Islamic beads, alternating with modern red glass spacer beads, restrung with a modern clasp.The eye symbol has always played an important role in ancient magic beliefs and practices. Eye beads were commonly seen as having the power to prevent evil or bad luck, their primary function being that of protecting against the ‘Evil Eye’. These beads became popular trade goods around the Mediterranean, and across trade routes as far as Imperial China. -- source link
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