Spindle and spindle whorl BM EA77595

Provenance: Kulubnarti (Sudanese Nubia)

Find spot (context): Site 21-S-2 (settlement). Excavation number 21-S-2/489. Excavation object number 85.2.764.

Dating: Post-Christian period.

Present location: British Museum, London. Inventory number EA77595.

Shape: Disc

Raw material: Reused pottery sherd, glazed.

Weight (gr): 9.32

Diameter (cm): 4.2

Thickness (cm): 0.4

Perforation diameter (cm): 0.9/1

Other features: Spindle (palm stick) is 23.5 cm long.

Documentation: British Museum: https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/Y_EA77595>Object was seen and weighted in May 2018 (M. Wozniak).