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Pondera VE489 bone spindle

Catalogue number Pondera VE489 Inventory number AL 21677 Holding institution Quarto d'Altino, Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Altino Description Very fragmentary pin interpreted as a spindle based on its association with a small disk interpreted as a whorl (VE540). The diameter narrows towards the lower end. Simple type with head not distinct from the body. Bèal type XX, 2, b (= bone pins with head not separated from the body, with flat upper end).
Context
Site Quarto d'Altino Context Quarto d'Altino, Le Brustolade
Details
Type spindle Dimensions L. 43 mm Material bone Preservation state fragment
References
Manni, 2002.
Recorded by A. Tricomi Year of study 2012