Pondera VE505 bone spindle/distaff

Catalogue number Pondera VE505 Inventory number AL 39589 Holding institution Quarto d'Altino, Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Altino Description Fragmentary bone shaft; one of the fragments, attributable to the upper end, has a bulbous end with two circular grooves at the base, surmounted by a disk and a cylindrical element. The other end is missing. The shaft has a curved shape.

Context

Site Quarto d'Altino Context Quarto d'Altino, Le Brustolade Excavation year 1976

Details

Type spindle/distaff Dimensions L. 130 mm Material bone Preservation state fragment

References

Manni, 2002.

Recorded by A. Tricomi Year of study 2012