Pondera VE486 bone spindle/distaff

Catalogue number Pondera VE486 Inventory number AL 20597 Holding institution Quarto d'Altino, Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Altino Description Two bone shaft fragments, fitting together and glued together through restoration.The lower end is missing.The shaft appears slightly thickened in the center (0.7 cm in diameter). One end is indistinguishable from the body; the other is fragmentary.

Context

Site Quarto d'Altino Context Quarto d'Altino, loc. Ziliotto Excavation year 1973

Details

Type spindle/distaff Dimensions L. 172 mm Material bone Preservation state fragment

Remarks

Examined first-hand.

References

Manni, 2002.

Recorded by A. Tricomi Year of study 2012