Spindle whorl SNM 21435

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: 21435

Field Registration number: 16-R-10/1/17 [SAS UNESCO 1968]

Shape: Disc

Raw material: Reused pottery sherd; small foot incised with 4 or 5 lines; polished ?

Weight (gr): 21.61 [20-29.99]

Diameter (cm): 4.3/4.7

Thickness (cm): 1.5

Perforation diameter (cm): 0.8/1.3

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