Descriptive Attribute	Value(s)
Object Name	Whorl
Category Type	Stone
Object Sub-category	Stone -- Tool
Material	Stone (Unidentified)
Subjects and Themes	Weaving and textiles
Manufacture	Handmade
Decoration	Incised/Excised
General Description	Black stone spindle whorl with a large center hole. Rounded on one side and flattened on the other. Small brown inclusions and brown clay attached to the flattened side. Three faint parallel lines are incised along the edge of the rounded side.
Cultural Period	Iron IIA - Iron IIC
Early Date (BCE)	850
Late Date (BCE)	586
Stratum	3A
Completeness	Whole
Width (cm)	0.9
Diameter (cm)	2.6
Dimension Notes	Diameter of hole = 0.9 cm.
Weight (g)	0.0
Excavation Date	1927-06-24
Exc. Object ID	x1
Excav. Ceramic Serial #	0
Provenance	Room 85 is not listed in the dated architectural features in TEN II, thus no date can be ascertained. Update: found record in Zorn vol. 4, pg 1470. Dates given here derive from that source.
Primary Location	Holbrook Hall, Pacific School of Religion
Catalog	Object
Collection	Tell en-Nasbeh Collection
Catalog Type	Archaeology
Catalog Date	2009-11-02
Conservation Condition	Good
Conservation Notes	Very good condition. Original smooth surface and incised decoration still visible. No repairs needed.
Object ID	B2009.1.63
Old Museum ID	504
Photo Number	254
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.