Spindle Whorl
32-27-492
From: Cyprus | Lapithos
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
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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