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Description: | Lead spindle whorl. Cast barrel shaped or sub-cylindrical whorl with a central moulded aperture of diameter 7mm, Walton Rogers form B; lightly patinated. The aperture size may indicate an Anglo-Saxon date although the former characteristic of Anglo-Scandinavian whorls; the mass would admit the use of this object to spin a yarn. Suggested date: Early Medieval, 700-850.Diameter: 18.2mm, Thickness: 14.2mm, Weight: 22.67gms.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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