Crumb bead

299EA
Germanic crumb bead
Frankish, Thuringian, Merovingian, Ostrogothic, Lombardic
Date: Migration period, last half of 6 century

Wound "black" matrix. Crumbs in red and white, all flat.
Intact, good condition.
Max diameter: 16 mm
Height: 11 mm

For similar published beads in museum's collection see:
- Koch, Ursula. Das Reihengräberfeld bei Schretzheim.  Berlin, 1977. Teil 1-Text ;Teil 2- Katalog und Tafeln, farbtafel 1: 11.10.
- Alexeeva E.M. Antichniye busi severnogo prichernomoriya, Academy of Science, Moscow, 1975, table 12: 90,91.