Spindle whorl with fragment of spindle BM EA84104

Magdalena Woźniak
June 20, 2018

Qasr Ibrim (Sudanese Nubia)

Citadel. Crypt, EC1-26 Level Fill (settlement?). Excavation number 78.3.15/69.

Early Christian period (700-850 CE).

British Museum, London. Inventory number EA84104.

Convex (bell-shaped).

Wood, lathe-turned.

20.03 (with spindle frgt) [10-19.99]

3.3

3.45

0.75

Spindle preserved on 5.9 cm.

British Museum: https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/Y_EA84104>Object seen and weighted in May 2018 (M. Wozniak)