Pondera VE540 discoid bone spindle whorl

Catalogue number Pondera VE540 Inventory number AL 21678 Holding institution Quarto d'Altino, Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Altino Description Miniature bone spindle whorl (?), found in association with a fusiform artefact (VE489) whose diameter corresponds to the size of the through hole, within the same funerary deposit.

Context

Site Quarto d'Altino Context Quarto d'Altino, Le Brustolade

Details

Type spindle whorl Spindle whorl shape discoid Hole diameter 2 mm Weight 1 g Material bone Preservation state complete

References

Manni, 2002.

Recorded by A. Tricomi Year of study 2012