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Description: | Cast lead spindle whorl or weight, circular in plan and spherical in profile, with a large central perforation, about 10mm in diameter. The profile of the whorl is slightly bi-conical but more at the shoulder than at the waist. The outer surface of the whorl is decorated with stippled lozenge-shaped indents that give it a more organic texture. The edge of the aperture is damaged on both sides of the whorl, flattened on one side and torn on the other so that it spirals away from the edge and into the hole. The small diamater (24mm) of the whorl and the large diamater of the aperture suggests that the whorl may have been used as a weight, rather than for spinning on a spindle.Similar examples of more globular, decorated spindle whorls can be seen on the database: WILT-F81B05 and NLM-003E36.Bailey (2008) illustrates more spherical spindle whorls with large apertures on page 85, Figs.C15.112-115, which are dated from the Post-medieval period.Bailey (2011) illustrates a spherical holed weight with a hole about 10mm in diameter on page 123, Pic.17, which is dated from the Post-medieval period.
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