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Description: | Thick circular lead spindle-whorl. It measures 24 mm in diameter at the base, and 20 mm in diameter at the top; it is 8 mm thick. The sides are straight and sloping, and the underside is flat. There is a central perforation 6.5 mm in diameter at both top and bottom. The top face is dished, and decorated with a raised border and eleven radiating ribs, some fainter than others. It weighs 31.8g. Decorated lead spindle-whorls are very hard to date. | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Geake, Helen - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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