 IAA Number: 2014-1687
 | Object's Name: Spindle Whorl With Geometric Pattern
Period: Early Islamic
Material: Bone
Site: Ramla, esh-Sheikh Rihan
Height: 0.949 cm
Diameter: 2.6 cm
Description: A spindle whorl with a flat base, and a high convex body having a
central drilled hole It is decorated near the base with a narrow band
of tanging patterns of circles and dots. The spindle whorl was
polished There is a shallow crack across the piece.
Bibliography: Agadi, S. 1996. In: A. ben-Tor, M. Avissar, and Y. Portugali. Yoqne'am I. The Late periods.. Jerusalem, 236-238, Fig. XIX.1.. Eitan Ayalon and Chagit Sorek 1999. Bare Bones. Ancient Artifacts from Animal Bones. Tel-Aviv, 28, Fig. 23.
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