Spindle whorl SNM 21429

Provenance: Ambikol

Find spot (context): Site 16-R-10 (a largely denuded Christian settlement)

Dating: Medieval Period

Present location: Sudan National Museum, Khartoum (Sudan)

Inventory number: 21429

Field Registration number: 16-R-10/7/1[SAS UNESCO 1968]

Shape: Disc

Raw material: Reused pottery sherd; incised on external side

Weight (gr): 31.88 [30-39.99]

Diameter (cm): 6.1/6.3

Thickness (cm): 0.7

Perforation diameter (cm): 0.9 (hole not in the middle)

Documentation: Examinated by M.M. Wozniak in February 2017.