Spindle whorl with fragmentary spindle BM EA84071

Provenance: Qasr Ibrim (Sudanese Nubia)

Find spot (context): Citadel. Level unstratified. (settlement). Excavation number n.d.

Dating: Late Christian Period (1100-1300 CE)

Present location: British Museum, London. Inventory number EA84071.

Shape: Conic

Raw material: Wood, lathe-turned. Incised.

Weight (gr): 8.81 [0-9.99]

Diameter (cm): 3.85

Thickness (cm): 1.45

Perforation diameter (cm): 0.5

Other features: Spindle preserved on 9.1 cm.

Documentation: British Museum: https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/Y_EA84071>Object seen and weighted in May 2018 (M. Wozniak)