
Late Bronze Age II
Bone spindle whorl
With circles. Diameter 11/16 in. (1.8 cm)
Classification
- Object type
- Textile tool
- Material
- Organic materialsBone and antler
- Date
- 1600 - 1050 BC
- Place of production
- Cyprus
Collection
Provenance
- From Cyprus
References
- Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 5936, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Identifiers
- Accession no.
- 74.51.5186, Metropolitan Museum of Art
- In catalogues
- Myres 1914, no. 5936
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