spindle-whorl
- Museum number
- 2000,1201.1
- Description
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Soapstone spindle-whorl of plano-convex section.
- Production date
- 400-1500 (?)
- Dimensions
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Diameter: 31 millimetres
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Weight: 15 grammes
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Thickness: 8 millimetres
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 2000
- Acquisition notes
- Given to Ryder's elder son Stephen by Paddy Maxwell, a friend of Edinburgh neighbours and given by M Ryder as part of a sheep husbandry collection.
- Department
- Britain, Europe and Prehistory
- Registration number
- 2000,1201.1