• r8-pc-16-10
    PC 16: Biconical spindle whorl. (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)

    Biconical spindle whorl

    Report 8: Ordinary Lydians at Home: The Lydian Trenches of the House of Bronzes and Pactolus Cliff at Sardis (2021) Cat. PC 16
    Date
    Context: 9th to 6th c BC, Lydian
    Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
    T60.003
    Material
    Terracotta
    Object Type
    Weaving Equipment
    Site
    Sardis
    Sector
    PC
    Trench
    PC
    Locus
    PC Zone 3
    B-Grid Coordinates
    *89.5
    Findspot
    Zone 3 *89.50
    Description

    Biconical spindle whorl of fired clay with hole through the center. Four groups of incised roughly concentric semicircles decorate the edges of the top of the spindle whorl. Tiny neat holes (Diam. 0.001) frame the incised semicircles, and three or four additional holes surround the central hole on the top side.

    Found on tamped floor of Zone 3.

    Dimensions
    H. 0.025, Diam. 0.037, W. of hole through middle 0.008.
    Comments
    See Also
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    Author
    NHR

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