|
Date: |
|
Description: | Medieval lead spindle whorl, truncated biconical with decoration in relief on both faces. This consists of a two-lined or voided cross with letter-like motifs in the angles. Only a Lombardic lower case 'e' is identifiable, though a shape resembling an upper case H occurs. Very similar to an example from Kilverstone, Norfolk (HER 25763, NMS616). There are broadly comparable whorls from Meols (Griffiths et al. 2007, no. 2188) and from an early 16th-cent. context at the Augustinian Friary, Leicester, complete with its wooden spindle (Mellor and Pierce 1981, 139-40, fig.51 no.71). It is possible that the object was residual, but it is unlikely to have been very ancient when deposited in the context, in view of its completeness. Diameter 30.5mm. Thickness 9mm. Weight 35.40g. 15th - early 16th century.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
|
|