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Description: | A cast lead alloy sub-conical spindle whorl, possibly dating to the Roman period (c. AD 43-410). The weight has been crudely cast, with a generally flat top and bottom surface and a small central sub-conical opening running vertically from the top to bottom of the spindle whorl. The base is sub-circular in plan. The lead alloy is of an overall light grey colour; the surface has been scraped and damaged, probably due to the malleability of lead alloy while in deposition. It measures 11.7 mm high, 13.4 mm in diameter at base and weighs 11.35 grams.Although spindle whorls of this type were generally easy to manufacture and produced over a large span of time, this spindle whorl was found in direct association with others and in association with a large quantity of Roman objects and coins. It is therefore believed that this particular spindle whorl dated to the Roman period due to this contextual association.
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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