dog beads

The Reddit community r/Artefact Porn is not porn at all (well, it usually isn't, but some of those Roman murals...).  Rather, it's a collection of curious finds from anywhere and any time: a Scythian crown, an Italian boy's little armor, the ruins of Great Zimbabwe.  And an ancient dog head bead:

Egyptian/Phoenician Glass Dog Head Bead, 6th-4th century BC[539x381] from r/ArtefactPorn

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