Spindle whorl SNM 22567 [j]

Provenance: Melik el Nasir

Find spot (context): Site 15-Y-5 (small Christian settlement on Tangur Island)

Dating: Medieval Period

Present location: Sudan National Museum, Khartoum (Sudan)

Inventory number: 22567

Field Registration number: 15-Y-5/1:26 [SAS UNESCO 1968]

Shape: Disc (one quarter preserved)

Raw material: Reused pottery sherd

Weight (gr): 5.30 (estimated weight if complete c. 21.20 [20-29.99])

Diameter (cm): estimated 3.4

Thickness (cm): 0.9

Perforation diameter (cm): n.d.

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