Spindle whorl with fragment of spindle BM EA84106

Magdalena Woźniak
June 20, 2018

Qasr Ibrim (Sudanese Nubia)

Citadel. House X17, Room 1 Level Fill (settlement). Excavation number 76.2.2/5.

Early Christian period (700-850 CE).

British Museum, London. Inventory number EA84106.

Disc.

Wood, lathe-turned.

14.46 [10-19.99]

4.35

1.45

0.6

Spindle preserved on 1.46 cm.

British Museum: https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/Y_EA84106>Object seen and weighted in May 2018 (M. Wozniak)