Excavations in the Roman villa of Aiano yielded twenty glass beads, a pendant, and a glass-recycling furnace, originally interpreted as a bead workshop. This article re-assesses the evidence of bead making in light of new data obtained thanks to recent progress in archaeological glass studies. A detailed study of the typology, technology, and chemical composition of the beads clearly excludes local production. Instead, two different forming techniques, four different base glasses (Roman, HIMT, Foy 2.1 and Foy 2.1/HIMT), and numerous colouring and opacifying materials point to a well-established and extensive network of the Roman bead trade, in which Aiano evidently participated. The majority of the beads can be related to the monumentalization of the villa in the fourth to fifth century ad and represent a sample of the ornaments worn by its inhabitants.

在 Aiano 的罗马别墅中挖掘出二十个玻璃珠、一个吊坠和一个玻璃回收炉，最初被解释为一个珠子作坊。由于考古玻璃研究的最新进展，本文根据获得的新数据重新评估了造珠的证据。对珠子的类型、技术和化学成分的详细研究显然不包括本地生产。相反，两种不同的成型技术、四种不同的基础玻璃（Roman、HIMT、Foy 2.1 和 Foy 2.1/HIMT）以及大量着色和不透明材料表明罗马珠子贸易的完善和广泛的网络，其中 Aiano 显然参加了。大多数珠子可能与公元四至五世纪别墅的纪念碑化有关并代表其居民佩戴的装饰品的样本。