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© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
Spindle Whorl Fragment
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
ClassificationsAncient Near Eastern Art

Spindle Whorl Fragment

Place ExcavatedJericho, Palestine, Asia
PeriodEarly Bronze Age
Date3300-2000 BCE
MediumStone
Credit LineJericho Excavations, 1952-1958
Dimensions1 3/8 x 15/16 in. (3.5 x 2.3 cm)
Object number1955.145
Published ReferencesKathleen Kenyon, Excavations at Jericho IV: The Pottery Type Series and Other Finds (London: British School of Archaeology in Jerusalem, 1982), 257.
ProvenanceExcavated by Kathleen Kenyon (1906-1978), Jericho, Palestine.
Status
Not on view
Collections
  • Ancient Egyptian, Nubian, and Near Eastern Art