National Treasures

About Findings Periods The Mandatory Collection of the Rockefeller Archaeological Museum
 
Object's Name: Spindle Whorl Engraved
Period: Early Islamic
Material: Bone
Site: Ramla, esh-Sheikh Rihan
Description: A spindle whorle with a flat base, and a convex body having a straight central hole. It is horizontally decorated with a densly engraved parallel circles.
Bibliography:
Agadi, S. 1996. In: (eds.) Ben-Tor, A. 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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Spindle Whorl Engraved  
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