Spindle whorl

Details

• Title

  Spindle whorl

• Associated place

  Europe › United Kingdom › England › Oxfordshire › South Oxfordshire District › Berinsfield › Wally Corner Saxon cemetery (Context: Grave 125) (place of excavation)

• Date

  Anglo-Saxon Period (AD 400 - 1066)

• Material and technique

  jet

• Material index

  organic › hydrocarbon › jet

• Object type

  component › spindle-whorl

• Dimensions

  3.7 cm (diameter)

• No. of items

  1

• Credit line

  Presented by Amey Aggregates Ltd.

• Museum location

  not on display

• Museum department

  Antiquities

• Accession no.

  AN1989.447

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