Descriptive Attribute | Value(s) |
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Object Name | Whorl |
Category Type | Stone |
Object Sub-category | Stone -- Tool |
Material | Stone (Unidentified) |
Subjects and Themes | Weaving and textiles |
Manufacture | Handmade |
Ceramic Fabric | White stone |
Decoration | None |
General Description | White stone spindle whorl. One dome-shaped side with the other side flattened. Hole bored through the center, slightly filled with a small pebble-sandy mixture. Flat surface slightly yellow in tint. |
Cultural Period | Early Bronze |
Early Date (BCE) | 3300 |
Late Date (BCE) | 2100 |
Completeness | Whole |
Width (cm) | 2.7 |
Diameter (cm) | 3.8 |
Dimension Notes | Diameter of hole on top = 0.9 cm, on bottom = 0.9 cm. |
Weight (g) | 54.2 |
Excavation Date | 1932-04-23 |
Excav. Ceramic Serial # | 0 |
Provenance | provenance unknown; marked "C6" - could refer to Cave Tomb 6 |
Primary Location | Holbrook Hall, Pacific School of Religion |
Catalog | Object |
Collection | Tell en-Nasbeh Collection |
Catalog Type | Archaeology |
Catalog Date | 2009-11-09 |
Conservation Condition | Good |
Object ID | B2009.1.72 |
Publication Notes | McCown, C. C. 1947. Tell en-Nasbeh, Vol. I: Archaeological and Historical Results. Berkeley and New Haven:... |
Has note | Bade Museum Accession Numbers are unique number given to each object in a collection that was received from the same source at the same time. |
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Consists of
Vocabulary: CIDOC Conceptual Reference Model (CRM) |
rock (inorganic material)
Vocabulary: Getty Art and Architecture Thesaurus Open Context References: rock (inorganic material) |
Suggested Citation
Kiersten Neumann, William Frederic Badè. (2010) "B2009.1.72 from Asia/Palestinian Authority/Tell en-Nasbeh/Square/CT 6". In Bade Museum. Aaron Brody (Ed). Released: 2010-02-16. Open Context. <https://opencontext.org/subjects/24865a7c-3198-4266-6afa-22bc09f0693f> ARK (Archive): https://n2t.net/ark:/28722/k2j967t0m
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