Spindle whorl
Spindle whorl

Currently not on view

Spindle whorl,

ca. 2000–1800 BCE

Cypriote
Early Cypriote III - Middle Cypriote I
y264

Information

Title
Spindle whorl
Dates

ca. 2000–1800 BCE

Medium
Terracotta: Black polished incised ware
Dimensions
h. 2.8 cm, diam. 4.8 cm (1 1/8 x 1 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Allan Marquand, Class of 1874
Object Number
y264
Place Collected

Cyprus

Culture
Cypriote
Period
Middle Cypriote
Type
textile working equipment, ceramics
Materials
terracotta
Subject
hatching, incising, geometric patterns

Given to the Museum by Allan Marquand

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