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Description: | Possible spindle whorl; cast and hammered lead artefact formed of a flat, broad band of lead curled round to make a ring. The ends of the band are not joined, although they are touching. The lead is covered over all surfaces with a thick, chalky, white patina. Found in close proximity to a number of lead spindle whorls, suggesting that this may have been used for a similar purpose. Alternatively this could have been a convenient method of transporting the unworked metal.
Diameter 21.7mm, thickness 9.3mm, weight 21.14g
Spindle whorls are very difficult to date as objects of similar design were in use for many centuries. Lead spindle whorls have been dated to all times between the Roman period and the early Post Medieval period. | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Rohde, Anja | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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