Spindle Whorl

32-27-544

From: Cyprus | Lapithos

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

Object Number 32-27-544
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Cypriot
Provenience Cyprus | Lapithos
Locus Tomb 829C
Section Mediterranean
Materials Terracotta
Technique Black Polished
Description

fine dark gray clay. black lusterous slip, little preserved, surface much damaged. conical with concaved bottom. incised decoration: three vertical lines framed by broken lines, alternating with three groups of concentric semicircles, outermost broken, along the edge; on bottom, three groups of concentric circles, outermost broken, along the edge. alternating with the ones on the upper part. type Ib

Height 3 cm
Outside Diameter 4.5 cm
Credit Line Cyprus Expedition; B.H. Hill, 1932
Other Number 5 - Field No SF | 5 - Other Number

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