Accession No

Z 35708.6


Description

Flat, clay spindle whorl with plant matter impressions on surface.


Place

Asia; West Asia; Palestine; West Bank; Jericho


Period

Early Bronze Age


Source

Garstang, John [excavator]


Department

Arch


Reference Numbers

Z 35708.6


Cultural Affliation


Material

Ceramic; Pottery


Local Term


Measurements

54mm


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)
Flat, clay spindle whorl with plant matter impressions on surface.
Event Date 21/7/2022
Author: Lily Stancliffe


FM:298864

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