Spindle whorl
Spindle whorls were used for spinning wool into thread. This one is made from a piece of old pottery.
Object Summary
- Accession Loan No.
- 857/1989/6
- Category
- Antiquities
- Collection Class
- Exeter archaeology
- Collection Area Region
- Northern Europe
- Collector Excavator
- Exeter Museums Archaeological Field Unit
- Material
- potterySouth Western Black Burnished ware
- Common Name
- spindle whorl
- Simple Name
- spindle whorl?
- Period Classification
- Roman (43-410)
- Production Year Low
- 160
- Production Year High
- 200
