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Ancient Germanic glass bead with white glass trailAncient Germanic glass bead 196TM
Ancient Germanic glass bead with white glass trailAncient Germanic glass bead 112TM
Description

196TM
Germanic glass bead
Date: Migration period, end of 6 century- first 1/4 of 7century AD


Spirally applied white trail, with three yellow glass prunts applied over.
Intact, very good condition.
Height 9 mm, diameter 16 mm

For published archaeological examples see:
-Koch, Ursula. Das Reihengräberfeld bei Schretzheim.  Berlin, 1977. Teil 1-Text ;Teil 2- Katalog und Tafeln, farbtafel 5: 56.1