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Description: | Lead possible Spindle Whorl. Disc cut from cast lead sheet with knife-trimmed edges and a central round hole of diameter 6.3mm. Patinated overall. The small aperture would be consistent with a spindle whorl of Roman or Anglo-Saxon date, and both periods saw whorls improvised from other objects in a range of materials, though such a thin form is unusual. The mass would make this apt to spinning a yarn. Suggested date: Unknown, 43-850.Diameter: 35.9mm, Thickness: 2.3mm, Weight: 19.78gms.
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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