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HoB 232: Spindle whorl. (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)
Spindle whorl
- Date
- Context: 9th to mid-8th c BC, Early Lydian
- Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
- T12.003
- Material
- Terracotta
- Object Type
- Weaving Equipment
- Site
- Sardis
- Sector
- HoB
- Trench
- HoB
- Locus
- HoB Lydian IV - Deep Sounding C
- B-Grid Coordinates
- W2 - W5 / S100 - S104 *95 - 94.4
- Findspot
- W2-5 / S100-104 *95.0-94.4
- Description
- Biconical spindle whorl. Buff micaceous clay. Low carination with larger, steep sloping upper section and much shorter lower section; slightly concave base; round hole runs through the middle.
- Dimensions
- H. 0.0238, Diam. 0.030, Diam. of hole 0.008.
- Comments
- See Also
- Bibliography
- Author
- AR