National Treasures

About Findings Periods The Mandatory Collection of the Rockefeller Archaeological Museum
 
Object's Name: Spindle Whorl With Geometric Pattern
Period: Early Islamic
Material: Bone
Site: Ramla, esh-Sheikh Rihan
Height: 0.949 cm
Diameter: 2.6 cm
Description: A spindle whorl with a flat base, and a high convex body having a central drilled hole It is decorated near the base with a narrow band of tanging patterns of circles and dots. The spindle whorl was polished There is a shallow crack across the piece.
Bibliography:
Agadi, S. 1996. In: A. ben-Tor, M. Avissar, and Y. Portugali. Yoqne'am I. The Late periods.. Jerusalem, 236-238, Fig. XIX.1..
Eitan Ayalon and Chagit Sorek 1999. Bare Bones. Ancient Artifacts from Animal Bones. Tel-Aviv, 28, Fig. 23.





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