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Spindle Whorl

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Object Number:35-10-161
Current Location: Middle East Galleries
Currently On Display
Provenience: Iraq
Tepe Gawra
Archaeology Area: Level XIa
Locus: Level XI a
Tepe Gawra, 5 '0' [9 N]
Period: Gawra XIa
Date Made: 4200-4100 BCE
Early Date: -4200
Late Date: -4100
Section:Near Eastern
Materials:Terracotta
Credit Line:American School Oriental Research / University Museum Expedition to Tepe Gawra, Iraq; E. A. Speiser, 1935
Other Number:G5-1005-1 - Field No SF

Description

Terra cotta. Rounded base, sides carinated at middle, conoid top. Incised concentric circles on lower part; short lines over edge.

Current & Past Exhibitions:

Middle East Galleries (21 Apr 2018) View Objects in Exhibition

Bibliography:

[Book] Rothman, Mitchell S. 2002. Tepe Gawra: the Evolution of a Small, Prehistoric Center in Northern Iraq.. Philadelphia. University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. pg. xxii, 494 p. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: Pg. 332/ Cat. 845View Objects related to this Actual Citation

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