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spindle-whorl
(?)
;
bead
(?)
Object Type
spindle-whorl
(?)
bead
(?)
Museum number
1899,1229.85
Description
Ivory spindle whorl or bead; circular with flat base with incised encircling lines and conical top.
Cultures/periods
Late Cypriot II
Production date
1450BC-1200 BC
Production place
Made in:
Cyprus
Excavator/field collector
Excavated by:
The British Museum
Excavated by:
Francis Bertram Welch
Excavated by:
Percy Christian
Findspot
Excavated/Findspot:
Klavdia
, Uncertain tomb
Materials
ivory
Technique
incised
Dimensions
Diameter:
2.40 centimetres
Height:
0.90 centimetres
Curator's comments
See SCE IV/1D, 549 (spindle-whorl) for further examples of this type.
Bibliographic references
Malmgren 2003 / Klavdhia-Tremithos. A Middle and Late Cypriote Bronze Age site.
(no. 157, p. 57)
Kiely 2011d / Klavdia-Tremithos: A Bronze Age community in south-east Cyprus
(U.46)
Location
Not on display
Acquisition date
1899
Department
Greek and Roman
Registration number
1899,1229.85