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Description: | Lead spindle-whorl which has perhaps been modified or distorted through heat. It looks as if it was originally a plano-convex whorl of c. 27 mm diameter, with a central circular perforation of 9 mm diameter which tapers slightly towards the curved face. Maximum thickness 5 mm. The whorl has then been melted and squashed to give it two straight edges and an almost trapezoidal shape. On the underside there are thickenings resulting from the squashing. A blob of lead projects from the shortest side. There appears to be no function to these modifications, and such a weight would not provide a particularly evenly rotating whorl for a spindle. | Format: | text/html | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ | Publisher: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Rights holder: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Subjects: | archaeology | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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