Spindle Whorl

32-27-492

From: Cyprus | Lapithos

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 32-27-492
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Cypriot
Provenience Cyprus | Lapithos
Locus Tomb 815C
Section Mediterranean
Materials Terracotta
Technique Red Polished
Description

fine hard very light orange clay. thin orange-red slip, worn, now matt. conical, with flat bottom. incised decoration: groups of concentric semicircles pendent alternating above and below a horizontal hatched band, herringbones and short multiple horizontal lines as filler, group of horizontal lines below, on bottom, 4 groups of concentric semicircles around edge, broken lines between. type Ib

Height 3 cm
Outside Diameter 4.5 cm
Credit Line Cyprus Expedition; B.H. Hill, 1932
Other Number 3 - Field No SF | 3 - Other Number

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