Acquisition number: 2002.08
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Manufactured from grey-blue chalcedony; slightly rounded conical; decoration: two finely incised lines around circumference, 1mm apart and 1mm from broad terminal. Red-brown stain around perforation at both terminals and small amount of corroded metal adhering to interior of perforation. Perforation conical (end 1 diam. 5mm; end 2 diam. 4.5mm).
Unusual in having evidence of a metal spindle.
Title: Spindle whorl - 2002.08
Acquisition number: 2002.08
Culture or period: Hellenistic.
Date: 3rd - 1st century BC.
Material: Stone - Chalcedony
Object type: Textile production - Spindle whorl
Dimensions: 19mm (w) × 11mm (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.59, and 229 fig. 4 (Crewe).
2002.08
Spindle whorl
From Jebel Khalid, 392/6, locus 3, inv. 90.077.
Ht 1.1cm; max. diam. 1.9cm. Weight 5.6g.
Manufactured from grey-blue chalcedony; slightly rounded conical; decoration: two finely incised lines around circumference, 1mm apart and 1mm from broad terminal. Red-brown stain around perforation at both terminals and small amount of corroded metal adhering to interior of perforation. Perforation conical (end 1 diam. 5mm; end 2 diam. 4.5mm).
Unusual in having evidence of a metal spindle.
Jebel Khalid i, 230 no. JK SW.59, and 229 fig. 4 (Crewe).
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