Glass bead

272MA
Monochrome glass bead
Date: 7-9 century AD
Byzantine or Islamic

Spherical form, translucent dark purple glass.  Slit hole.

Intact, very good condition. 

Height 15 mm, diameter 16 mm

For similar published examples see:
- V.Kovalevskaya, Komputernaya obrabotka massovogo arhaeologicheskogo materiala is rannesrednevekovih pamyatnikov Evrasii, Moscow, 2000, p. 15: #106