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37Troy, although of a later date, is remarkably similar to Uluburun variant B in both formand dimension. 85Grain-of-wheat beads were also found at the Dictaean Cave onCrete, 86 Pylona on Rhodes, 87 and Hala Sultan Tekke on Cyprus. 88Grain-of-wheat beads are less common along the Syro-Palestinian coast. Thefew faience examples found at Lachish date to the 14 th century B.C. but are more finelymade than those at Uluburun. 89A solitary grain-of-wheat bead was found at Tell AbuHawm. 90The grain-of-wheat type corresponds with Petrie’s type 122 at Gaza 91 andRiis’ type 18 at Hama, 92 although the number of beads found at either site is unclear.This type is scarce in Mesopotamia; at least one was found at Tell Brak, 93 andBeck likens some fragmented beads found at Nineveh to the grain-of-wheat type seen inthe Aegean, although their date is uncertain and the fragments are not illustrated. 94Thegrain-of-wheat bead type is virtually unknown in Egypt, although beads somewhatsimilar to Uluburun variant C have been found at Qua in Egypt and date to the FirstIntermediate period or Middle Kingdom. 9585 This bead was found at Troy VIII but may predate this. (Blegen et al. 1958, 290, no. 36-59)86 Boardman 1961, 73, nos. 343-344.87 Karantzali 2001, 76-7, no. 680c.88 Åström et al. 1983, 68, no. N 2020a.89 Tufnell et al. 1940, pl. XXXV, no. 62.90 Hamilton 1935, 61, no. 392 b.91 Petrie 1932, pl. XXV, no. 122.92 Riis 1948, 162, no. 18.93 Oates 1987, 191, pl. XL.d.94 Beck 1931, 430.95 Brunton 1928, pl. CII, no. 80 D 18; Brunton 1930, pl. IV, no. 47 B 2.