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Yes, you're right ! It is not a bead.

Wound glass to be sure. Flat (22 mm wide; 8 mm thick - < 1 inch x 1/4 inch),
it was a spinning (spindle) whorl, used to give momentum to a twirling stick
that spun fibers into threads. Roman period.

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