Beads

Variously shaped beads of glass, carnelian, and amber which were part of a large set of beads consisting of several rows and at least 125 beads. The two runic plates and the hexagonal silver pendant were also probably part of the bead set. The majority of the carnelian beads changed colour and took on a bone white hue due to the heat from the funeral pyre. Grave find, Klinta, Köping Parish, Öland.

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