Acquisition number: 2002.05
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Manufactured from fine-grained black diabase; rounded conical; perforation straight, off-centre (diam. 5mm).
Title: Spindle whorl - 2002.05
Acquisition number: 2002.05
Culture or period: Hellenistic.
Date: 3rd - 1st century BC.
Material: Stone - Diabase
Object type: Textile production - Spindle whorl
Dimensions: 16mm (w) × 7mm (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.56, and 229 fig. 4 (Crewe).
2002.05
Spindle whorl
From Jebel Khalid, AK (Acropolis) Tr. 7, locus 1, inv. 89.069.
Ht 0.7cm; max diam. 1.6cm. Weight 2.8g.
Manufactured from fine-grained black diabase; rounded conical; perforation straight, off-centre (diam. 5mm).
Jebel Khalid i, 230 no. JK SW.56, and 229 fig. 4 (Crewe).
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