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Description: | LeadSpindle Whorl. Cast plano-convex whorl with off-centre cast aperture of diameter 11.3mm. The form resembles Walton Rogers form A1, but the larger hole should probably place this example with Anglo-Scandinavian material rather than earlier. There is a slight collar around the hole on the lower, convex, face of the whorl. The mass may suggest this was used to spin a coarse fibre rather than a yarn.Suggested date: Early Medieval, 900-1000.Diameter: 28.8mm, Thickness: 11.3mm, Weight: 49.39gms.
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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