Acquisition number: 2002.09
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Manufactured from fine-grained black diabase; rounded conical; decoration: single, finely incised line around circumference, 1mm from broad terminal; perforation conical (end 1 diam. 4mm; end 2 diam. 3.5mm).
Title: Spindle whorl - 2002.09
Acquisition number: 2002.09
Culture or period: Hellenistic.
Date: 3rd - 1st century BC.
Material: Stone - Diabase
Object type: Textile production - Spindle whorl
Dimensions: 20mm (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, 231 no. JK SW.60, and 229 fig. 4 (Crewe).
2002.09
Spindle whorl
From Jebel Khalid, AK (Acropolis) Tr. 15, locus 6, inv. 90.444.
Ht 1.1cm; max diam. 2.0cm. Weight 6g.
Manufactured from fine-grained black diabase; rounded conical; decoration: single, finely incised line around circumference, 1mm from broad terminal; perforation conical (end 1 diam. 4mm; end 2 diam. 3.5mm).
Jebel Khalid i, 231 no. JK SW.60, and 229 fig. 4 (Crewe).
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