Accession No
Z 35708.4
Description
Clay spindle whorl; oblate-spheroid, of grey fabric.
Place
Asia; West Asia; Palestine; West Bank; Jericho
Period
Early Bronze Age
Source
Garstang, John [excavator]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
Z 35708.4; J.36 3984 [Excavation no.]; 445.4.10 [?Excavation no.]
Cultural Affliation
Material
Ceramic; Pottery
Local Term
Measurements
50mm
Events
Description (Physical description)
Description for Z 35708[.1-7]: 'Two pebbles and five spindlewhorls - three bored stone and two bored potsherd.'
Event Date
Author: maa
Context (Field collection)
Found: Jericho (Tell); Deposit: - Level IV
Event Date 1936
Author: maa
Context (Field collection)
Jericho, excavated by John Garstang, 1930-1936. MAA received material from the 1936 excavation, see archive (BR6/1/4).
Event Date 1936
Author: Lily Stancliffe
Context (References)
Garstang, J., Ben-Dor, I. and Fitzgerald, F. M. 1936. ‘Jericho: City and Necropolis (Report for the Sixth and Concluding Season, 1936).’ Liverpool Annals of Archaeology and Anthropology, 23. pp. 67–100.
Event Date 1936
Author: Lily Stancliffe
Description (Physical description)
Z 35708[.1-7]: 'One pebble appears to have been hollowed out on one side, forming a shallow bowl. The three bored stone objects may not been used as spindle whorls.'
Event Date 22/10/2001
Author: Lily Stancliffe
Description (Physical description)
Clay spindle whorl; oblate-spheroid, of grey fabric.
Event Date 21/7/2022
Author: Lily Stancliffe
FM:298862
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