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It is not a bead.
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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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