Spindle whorl with spindle fragment BM EA84697

Magdalena Woźniak
June 21, 2018

Qasr Ibrim (Sudanese Nubia)

Citadel. Below CC 1-20 Level, pit level (settlement). Excavation 78.3.19/65.

Classic Christian period (1000-1100 CE).

British Museum, London. Inventory number EA84697.

Slightly convex.

Wood, lathe-turned.

13.74 [10-19.99]

4.3

1.9

0.7

Spindle preserved on 2.2 cm.

British Museum: https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/Y_EA84697>Object seen and weighted in May 2018 (M. Wozniak)