Accession No
1921.609
Description
Spindle whorl. Truncated cone, in the middle of which is pricked a hole.
Place
Africa; North Africa; Egypt; Ghurob; Gurob
Period
New Kingdom XVIII
Source
Haddon, Alfred Cort [?monetary donor]; British School of Archaeology in Egypt; Brunton, Guy [excavator]; Engelbach, Reginald [excavator]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
1921.609; 21/Gh
Cultural Affliation
Material
Stone; Limestone
Local Term
Measurements
Events
Context (Field collection)
Excavated by Guy Brunton and Reginald Engelbach in 1921
Event Date 1921
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)
Context (Related Documents)
See correspondence for year 1921 in Museum's Documentary Archives letter dated 15.9.21 and list of "Antiquities from British School".
Event Date 1921
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)
Context (Related Documents)
Accompanying excavators' printed card states provenance to be Sedment, but 21/Gh, which appears in longhand on the same card clearly means Ghurob
Event Date 1921
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
Truncated cone, in the middle of which is pricked a hole
Event Date 1921
Author: maa
Context (References)
Brunton, Guy and Engelbach, Reginald. (1927). Gurob. London: University College.
Event Date 1927
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)
FM:37442
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