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Description: | A complete lead spindle whorl, flattened biconical in shape with a central circular perforation. It measures 33mm in diameter and 13mm in thickness, the central hole is c10mm in diameter. Both faces of this spindle whorl are decorated one face with moulded transverse lines, radiating out from the central perforation in between these lines there are three circular knops. The other face has worn zig-zag moulded lines again with rounded knops in between the zig-zags. This spindle whorl could be Roman to medieval in date as decorated spindle whorls have been discovered in Roman, Saxon and Medieval contexts.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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