Bead

Thin, brown glass bead decorated with application of a yellow cullet thread. The type is probably Byzantine in origin but also occurs in Russia and the Baltic countries as well as in individual instances at Birka. Settlement find, Norrtil, Sankt Olof Parish, Uppland. Loan from Sigtuna Museum.

Image rights: Ola Myrin, Historiska museet/SHM (CC BY 4.0