Spindle Whorl

32-27-21

From: Cyprus | Lapithos

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

Object Number 32-27-21
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Cypriot
Provenience Cyprus | Lapithos
Locus Tomb 802A
Section Mediterranean
Materials Terracotta
Technique Red Polished
Description

Type Ib. Fine brown clay, dark gray bottom. Thin red-brown slip, worn, traces of lusterous black. Truncated biconical, concaved bottom. Incised decoration: groups of concentric semicircles with strokes in center in three rows of three; on bottom, three groups around the edge.

Height 3.4 cm
Outside Diameter 5 cm
Credit Line Cyprus Expedition; B.H. Hill, 1932
Other Number 4 - Field No SF | 4 - Other Number

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