Bead - whorl

134MA
Roman bead or whorl
Date: 1 century BC-1 century AD

Wound glass trail in many turns, forming slightly convex top. Light blue glass.
Intact, good condition.
Height 11 mm, diameter 26 mm

For similar published examples see:
- Veronique Arveiller-Dulong, Marie-Dominique Nenna.  Les Verres antiques du Musée du Louvre III : Parure, instruments et éléments d’incrustation, Paris, Éditions du Louvre, Somogy, 2011, p. 333: #543
- M.Spaer. Ancient glass in the Israel Museum. Beads and other small objects, Jerusalem, 2001, p. 261: 617-621