Spindle whorl BM EA84035

Provenance: Qasr Ibrim (Sudanese Nubia)

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

Dating: Late Christian Period (1100-1300 CE)

Present location: British Museum, London. Inventory number EA84035.

Shape: Disc

Raw material: Wood, lathe-turned.

Weight (gr): 19.36 [10-19.99]

Diameter (cm): 4.8

Thickness (cm): 1.5

Perforation diameter (cm): 0.65

Documentation: British Museum: https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/Y_EA84035
Object seen and weighted in May 2018 (M. Wozniak).