Accession No
Z 16179.1
Description
Ceramic plano-convex spindle whorl with a cylindrical hole in the centre. Undecorated, shallow cracks across the surface.
Place
Europe; British Isles; England; Cambridgeshire; Soham
Period
Anglo Saxon
Source
Cambridge Antiquarian Society [donor]; Lethbridge, Thomas Charles [excavator]; Tebbutt, Charles Frederick [excavator]; Leaf, C. S. [excavator]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
Z 16179.1
Cultural Affliation
Material
Ceramic; Pottery
Local Term
Measurements
40mm
Events
Context (References)
Lethbridge, T.C. (1933). 'Anglo-Saxon Burials at Soham, Cambridgeshire'. Proceedings of the Cambridge Antiquarian Society, vol. 33. pp 152-163
Event Date 1933
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)
Context (CMS Context)
Anglo Saxon cemetery, grave 3
Event Date 29/4/1987
Author: maa
Description (CMS Description)
Ceramic; Pottery Spindle whorl
Event Date 29/4/1987
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
Ceramic plano-convex spindle whorl with a cylindrical hole in the centre. Undecorated, shallow cracks across the surface.
Event Date 22/4/2021
Author: Emily Shorter
FM:19597
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