Mosaic bead

40MSM
Mosaic bead
Date: 5-7 century
Mosaic glass

Bead's matrix is formed by folding a premanufactured mosaic strip over a rod. Two spiral "eyes" along equatorial line .
Intact, very good condition.

Height 11 mm, diameter 11 mm

For similar published beads in museum collections see:
- Koch, Ursula. Das Reihengräberfeld bei Schretzheim. Berlin, 1977. Teil 1-Text ;Teil 2- Katalog und Tafeln, farbtafel 6: M50