National Treasures

About Findings Periods The Mandatory Collection of the Rockefeller Archaeological Museum
 
Object's Name: Spindle Whorl With Geometric Pattern
Period: Early Islamic
Material: Bone
Site: Ramla, esh-Sheikh Rihan
Description: A spindle whorl with a flat base, convex body and a central straight hole. The spindle whorl was decorated with shallow engraving and punching. The pattern is bases on pairs of slanting lines and punched circle with a central dot, that repeats itself three times For further inforamtion see 2014-1584.
Bibliography:
Agadi, S. 1996. In: (eds.) 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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