Pondera RO150 bone spindle/distaff

Catalogue number Pondera RO150 Inventory number IG36694 Holding institution Adria, Museo Archeologico Nazionale Description Fragmentary bone shaft, circular in cross-section. The diameter progressively narrows from one end to the other. Both the head and the tip, hypothetically identifiable as a spindle or distaff, are missing.

Context

Site Ariano Polesine Context Ariano Polesine, San Basilio Excavation year 1979

Details

Type spindle/distaff Dimensions L. 49 mm Material bone Preservation state fragment

Remarks

Examined first-hand. Unpublished.

Recorded by A. Tricomi Year of study 2011