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Pondera VE508 bone spindle/distaff

Catalogue number Pondera VE508 Inventory number AL 1339 Holding institution Quarto d'Altino, Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Altino Description Fragmentary bone pin with a shaped termination, of a pyramidal truncated shape, surmounted by a flattened globe. Bèal type XX, 15, d (= bone pins with a head/top decorated with grooves, with a pyramidal truncated crown).
Context
Site Quarto d'Altino Context Quarto d'Altino, Prop. Bacchini
Details
Type spindle/distaff Dimensions L. 60 mm Material bone Preservation state fragment
References
Manni, 2002.
Recorded by A. Tricomi Year of study 2012