Acquisition number: 2002.04
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Manufactured from fine-grained black diabase, rounded conical; perforation conical (end 1 diam. 5mm; end 2 diam. 4mm); (end 1 diam. 20mm; end 2 diam. 5mm); use /wear: large chips around 90% of broad terminal.
Title: Spindle whorl - 2002.04
Acquisition number: 2002.04
Culture or period: Hellenistic.
Date: 3rd - 1st century BC.
Material: Stone - Diabase
Object type: Textile production - Spindle whorl
Dimensions: 20mm (w) × 14mm (h)
Origin region or location: Syria
Origin city: Jebel Khalid.
Display case or on loan: 4
Keywords: Hellenistic, Textiles, Spindle whorl, Jebel Khalid
Jebel Khalid i, 230 no. JK SW.55, and 229 fig. 4 (Crewe).
2002.04
Spindle whorl
From Jebel Khalid, A3, locus 5, inv. 88.366.
Ht 1.4cm, max. diam. 2cm; weight 7.4g.
Manufactured from fine-grained black diabase, rounded conical; perforation conical (end 1 diam. 5mm; end 2 diam. 4mm); (end 1 diam. 20mm; end 2 diam. 5mm); use /wear: large chips around 90% of broad terminal
Jebel Khalid i, 230 no. JK SW.55, and 229 fig. 4 (Crewe).
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