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Early medieval limestone spindle whorl, profile view
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Colchester Museums, Caroline McDonald, 2005-12-05 14:04:58
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Early medieval limestone spindle whorl, profile view
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English: Worn, Limestone spindlewhorl, probably Anglo-Saxon. The spindlewhorl is plano-convex, having a flat bottom and domed top. It has a central circular perforation through its length. The object is abraded, but appears to have been undecorated. The limestone has a chalky white appearance. The spindlewhorl is 32.74mm in diameter, 14.32mm thick and weighs 17.92g. A similar shaped, though pottery, spindlewhorl can be seen in West, 1998, A corpus of Anglo-Saxon material from Suffolk, Figure 121, number 12. A similar stone example is recorded on the database as NARC-242448. Though the use of spindlewhorls of simple shape spans many hundreds of years, the example recorded here was found in close proximity to a known Anglo-Saxon site, suggesting that it is probably of that date.
Depicted place (County of findspot) Essex
Date between 450 and 1066
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FindID: 116195
Old ref: ESS-4470D2
Filename: DSCN3610.JPG
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The Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) is a voluntary programme run by the United Kingdom government to record the increasing numbers of small finds of archaeological interest found by members of the public. The scheme started in 1997 and now covers most of England and Wales. Finds are published at https://finds.org.uk
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Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/116195
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