
Bronze Age
Spindle whorl
Diameter: 13/16 in. (2.1 cm) Height: 5/16 in. (0.8 cm)
Classification
- Object type
- Textile tool
- Date
- 3900 BC - 100 AD
Collection
Provenance
- From Cyprus
References
- Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 5935, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Identifiers
- Accession no.
- 74.51.5238, Metropolitan Museum of Art
- In catalogues
- Myres 1914, no. 5935
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