Pondera VE552 bone distaff

Catalogue number Pondera VE552 Inventory number AL 30782 Holding institution Quarto d'Altino, Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Altino Description TYPE: Béal A XXI,9. Two unreconstructed fragments of a rod-shaped bone artifact catalogued at the Museum as a ridge needle, but probably interpreted as a finger distaff. The circular-section stem is twisted and ends in a ring, deformed by heat. The opposite end is missing. Ring diameter: 2.6 cm.

Context

Site Quarto d'Altino Context Quarto d'Altino, Ca' Buso, prop. Bordignon

Details

Type distaff Dimensions L. 165 mm Material bone Preservation state fragment

References

Manni, 2002.

Recorded by A. Tricomi Year of study 2012