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MEDIEVAL SPINDLE WHORL
Medieval or post Medieval lead spindle whorl. Biconical, one face decorated with raised, radial lines, the other with raised pellets. Diameter 28.4mm, Hole diameter 7.8mm, Mass 35.31.The dating of these whorls is open to some doubt. The best dated example was found in a drain at the Austin Friars site in Leicester, a context which contained large quantities of late/post Medieval pottery (Mellor an…
Subject
- archaeology - MEDIEVAL
Type of item
- SPINDLE WHORL
Medium
- Lead
- Lead
Providing institution
Aggregator
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- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
Creation date
- 1450
- 1450
Places
- United Kingdom; East Riding of Yorkshire; East Riding of Yorkshire
Identifier
- FAKL-89CA1C
Year
- 1450
Providing country
- United Kingdom
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2016-04-19T11:35:22.097Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2016-07-12T16:25:13.782Z