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Description: | Lead Spindle Whorl. Cast whorl of plano-convex or hemispherical form with a tapered moulded central aperture, widest on the flat or upper side, of 11mm maximum diameter. A wrinkled surface with a ring around the hole and protruberances around the edges of the flat side suggest the object was cast in an open mould. The form, Walton Rogers form A1, resembles that of cattle femur caput whorls which are especially common in 10th-century Viking Age deposits at Coppergate, York. The width of the aperture also suggests a date after the Middle Saxon period. A bone whorl may have been used to make an impression in clay as a mould to make this heavier version, which might have been used to spin a coarse vegetable fibre or to ply cord. Suggested date: Early Medieval, 900-1000.Diameter: 28.3mm, Thickness: 10.4mm, Weight: 35.96gms.
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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