This Glass Gaming Piece May Hail From First Viking Raids in England

Discovered on the island of Lindisfarne, the artifact was likely once part of a Hnefatafl board game set.

Viking game piece
A piece of worked glass unearthed from the English island of Lindisfarne that researchers suspect may have once been a Viking game piece (Jeff Veitch).
By Katherine J. Wu, smithsonianmag.com

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