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Pondera VE498 bone spindle/distaff

Catalogue number Pondera VE498 Inventory number AL2535 Holding institution Quarto d'Altino, Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Altino Description Three fragments of a bone shaft, decorated along the shaft with a curved bulge between two thin "discs." The only preserved end consists of a bulbous element resting on a flat disc and surmounted by a second disc, in turn crowned by a flattened globe. Bèal Type XX, 15
Context
Site Quarto d'Altino Context Quarto d'Altino, Necropoli NE lungo l'Annia
Details
Type spindle/distaff Dimensions L. 86 mm Material bone Preservation state fragment
References
Manni, 2002.
Recorded by A. Tricomi Year of study 2012