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Description: | Lead possible spindle whorl. Cast barrel-shaped weight with a central aperture of diameter c.8mm, lightly squashed, with a small nick on one side and patinated overall. A deep cut appears to be recent damage. The mass would admit use as a whorl to spin a fine yarn, and the aperture would possibly permit an early - Roman or Anglo-Saxon - date, though the barrel shaped spindle whorl was equally the dominant high medieval form. The object was reported along with several annular fishing line weights, and might have been pressed into service in that capacity as well, possibly then receiving a tying notch. Suggested date: Unknown, Roman to Medieval, 43-1500.Diameter (as found - long axis): 17.5mm, Thickness: 10.6mm, Weight: 12.51gms.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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