Merovingian crystal ball; discovered at the tomb of the Frankish king Childeric I, at Tournai, Belgium. Dated before 482 CE. Housed at the BNF Cabinet des médailles, Paris, inv.nr. 56.456 [1380 x 1400]
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Merovingian crystal ball; discovered at the tomb of the Frankish king Childeric I, at Tournai, Belgium. Dated before 482 CE. Housed at the BNF Cabinet des médailles, Paris, inv.nr. 56.456 [1380 x 1400]
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its diameter is about 4,6 cm
[https://medaillesetantiques.bnf.fr/ws/catalogue/app/collection/record/ark:/12148/c33gbrccs](https://medaillesetantiques.bnf.fr/ws/catalogue/app/collection/record/ark:/12148/c33gbrccs)
So it’s close to the size of a golf ball? It looks flawed, like there is an inclusion or a big crack or something. I couldn’t get the pictures on the link to work well,but I’m not really literate. I’ve read about rock spheres being formed by the rock being placed in a deep hole in a big rock, that’s in a fast flowing river, and the river tumbles it smooth after a time.