Fragmentary spindle whorl BM EA84070

Provenance: Qasr Ibrim (Sudanese Nubia)

Find spot (context): Citadel. Level unstratified. (settlement). Excavation number n.d.

Dating: Late Christian Period (1100-1300 CE)

Present location: British Museum, London. Inventory number EA84070.

Shape: Disc

Raw material: Wood, lathe-turned.

Weight (gr): 16.76 (incomplete) [10-19.99]

Diameter (cm): 4.8

Thickness (cm): 1.7

Perforation diameter (cm): 0.4

Documentation: British Museum: https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/Y_EA84070>Object seen and weighted in May 2018 (M. Wozniak)