About this object
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ID:
ROP95[1704]<128>
Production date:
Middle Saxon; c. 675-730
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Location:
In Store
Hemispherical bone spindle whorl decorated with a broad incised band around the shoulder and one line around the base. Spindle whorls were used in the spinning of wool into thread. They fitted onto a spindle where they helped to maintain the speed of the spin. Foreign merchants came to Lundenwic to buy English woollen cloth. Finds of clay loom-weights, bone pin-beaters and spindle whorls show that Londoners were spinning wool and weaving cloth: some for home use, but some probably for export.
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Measurements
DM 41 mm; D 16 mm (overall)
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Materials
bone
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Last Updated
2024-04-03
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