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Spindle Whorl

Object Number:35-10-150
Current Location: Collections Storage
Provenience: Iraq
Tepe Gawra
Archaeology Area: Level sub XI
Locus: Level sub XI
Tepe Gawra, 6 '0' [9 M]
Period: Gawra Sub XI
Section:Near Eastern
Materials:Terracotta
Credit Line:American School Oriental Research / University Museum Expedition to Tepe Gawra, Iraq; E. A. Speiser, 1935
Other Number:G4-1049 - Field No SF

Description

Terra cotta. Roughly biconical. Slightly curved radiating incised lines on one face surmounted by two pellets.

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. 850View Objects related to this Actual Citation

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