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Description: | A lead alloy spindle whorl. The whorl is plano-convex with a circular hole which is off centre. There are some scratches on the sides and faces. It is worn but the remains of raised decorative lines can be seen. It has a diameter of 29.8mm and is 10.5mm thick. The whorl is in good condition with a creamy yellow patina.
Decorated spindle whorls are very rare finds in excavations, but are often found by metal detectorists. They are usually biconical and are decorated on both faces with raised dots and radiating or zig-zag ribs. They have been found in ploughsoil over the site of Roman buildings, and in an excavated context dating from the thirteenth to the fifteenth century at an Austin Friary (Geake, 2001). It is thus very difficult to date decorated whorls, and it seems that they could have been in use at any time between the Roman and Late Medieval periods. | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Cooper, Amy - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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