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Spindle Whorl Fragment
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ClassificationsAncient Near Eastern Art

Spindle Whorl Fragment

Place ExcavatedJericho, Palestine, Asia
CultureCanaanite
PeriodMiddle Bronze Age
Date2000-1600 BCE
MediumStone
Credit LineJericho Excavations, 1952-1958
Dimensions1 7/16 x 1 in. (3.7 x 2.5 cm)
Object number1955.148
Published ReferencesKathleen Kenyon, Excavations at Jericho IV: The Pottery Type Series and Other Finds (London: British School of Archaeology in Jerusalem, 1982), 259, number 9.
ProvenanceExcavated by Kathleen Kenyon (1906-1978), Jericho, Palestine.
Status
Not on view
Collections
  • Ancient Egyptian, Nubian, and Near Eastern Art