About this objectGlass vessels, sometimes fragmentary, are found in over 40 of the Birka graves, and the funnel type, as shown here, is the most common present in over half of these. This one was found in Bj.577.
The funnel is a form that was common in Europe during the Carolingian period (800–87) and, although there were glass workshops in the Viking realm, this was probably brought from the European mainland.
Date Made800–1100
PeriodViking
Subject and Association KeywordsGlass
Subject and Association KeywordsDeath and burials
Subject and Association DescriptionLearn More: Arwidsson 1984; Gräslund, 2014; Gräslund et al. 2018.
