About this objectCeramic models of eggs like this became a religious symbol of the resurrection of Christ from the sepulchre—new life emerging from a broken shell. They were mainly used by the Eastern Church. They were made in Kievan Rus (c.880–1240) and the find of this one in Sigtuna (present-day Sweden) shows the links of the Vikings with the steppe world of the Rus and the Silk Roads.
The egg is made fired, glazed clay. It is hollow with a drilled hole in the bottom. Inside is a loose, rattling, unknown object.
