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Description: | PotterySpindle Whorl fragment. Roman Greyware sherd with quartz and iron inclusions, reworked into a flat discoid whorl with central drilled perforation of diameter circa 7mm. As a whorl this would be apt to spinning a fine yarn. Suggested date: sherd Roman, 40-400; probably reworked in the Early or Middle Anglo-Saxon period, 450-850. Diameter (estimated): circa 40mm, Thickness: 7.7mm, Weight: 4.43gms.
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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