Pondera RO155 bone spindle/distaff

Catalogue number Pondera RO155 Inventory number IG26384 Holding institution Adria, Museo Archeologico Nazionale Description Fragmentary shaft of polished bone, circular in cross-section, tapered toward one end, hypothetically interpretable as a spindle/distaff. The find is fragmentary, missing the top and the tip.

Context

Site Ariano Polesine Context Ariano Polesine, San Basilio Excavation year 1977

Details

Type spindle/distaff Dimensions L. 71 mm Material bone Preservation state fragment

Remarks

Examined first-hand. Unpublished.

Recorded by A. Tricomi Year of study 2011