Pondera RO148 bone spindle/distaff

Catalogue number Pondera RO148 Inventory number IG21205 Holding institution Adria, Museo Archeologico Nazionale Description Fragment of a bone shaft, circular in cross-section, tapering from one end to the other. The artifact is broken, missing both the top and the tip. It could have been a spindle or a distaff.

Context

Site Adria Context Adria

Details

Type spindle/distaff Dimensions L. 98 mm Material bone Preservation state fragment

Remarks

The RA card suggests a comparison with I.POHL, in N.Sc. 1970, suppl, p. 188, fig. 95, 335. Examined first-hand. Unpublished.

Recorded by A. Tricomi Year of study 2011