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MM 1965:009 :: spindle whorl

Object description: Conical spindle-whorl. Brown to pinkish impasto; burnished surface. Decorated with incised, vertical and diagonal lines.

Data elements
References (1)

Inventory number

MM 1965:009

Serie nummer

325

Object

spindle whorl

Country - Findspot

Italy : Europe

Place - Findspot

Vulci

Material

Terracotta; Earthenware; Clay; Pottery

Material, Swedish

Terrakotta; Keramik

Context

Osteria necropolis, Tomb 25.

Acquisition

Purchased from Hercle s.r.l., Rome 1964.

Description

Conical spindle-whorl. Brown to pinkish impasto; burnished surface. Decorated with incised, vertical and diagonal lines.

Time - Manufacturing, earliest

600-550 BC

Period

Orientalising-Archaic (Etruscan)

Period, Swedish

600-550 f.Kr.; Orientaliserande-arkaisk (Etruskisk)

Comments

Cf MM 1965:001-026.

Urval Galleriet. Barn.

Keyword

ceramics

Publications

Vulci. Zona dell’”Osteria”. Scavi della “Hercle”, 1, Rome 1964, 45-46, Grave 25:10.

Pottery Ware

Impasto

Height / Höjd

1,9 cm

Diameter

2,0 cm

Dimensions

H 1.9. Ø 2.0.

Condition

Intact. Slightly worn.

Original register

GreekRoman

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