Object

Accession No

1927.1718 D

Description

Ceramic spindle whorl. Circular in shape with a flat cross section and two perforations either side that do not connect as they are both slightly off centre. Black slip with painted lines.

Place

Europe; Eastern Europe; Ukraine; Ivano-Frankovsk; Nezvis’ko [Niezwiska]

Period

Iron Age Vysotske

Source

Hutchinson, Richard W. [excavator]; Preston, Jocelyn P. [excavator]; Kozłowski, Leon [excavator]

Department

Arch

Reference Numbers

1927.1718 D

Cultural Affliation

Material

Ceramic; Pottery

Local Term

Measurements

Events

Context (Field collection)
Found on the house site of Czechy Wysocko period. Joint excavation by Richard W. Hutchinson, Jocelyn Preston for the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology and Leon Kozłowski for the University of Lviv [Lwów] in 1926. See archive (LL1/7/1) for correspondence, notes, etc.
Event Date 1926
Author: Lily Stancliffe

Description (Physical description)
Description for 1927.1718 A-E: 'Five spindle-whorls. D: Pottery with black slip and smooth point lines; the perforation incomplete.'

Event Date 1927
Author: maa

Context (References)
'(bib) Excavations at Niezwiska, Poland, July 1926. R.W. Hutchinson, M.A., F.S.A., and J.P.Preston, F.R.A.I. in Annals of Archaeology & Anthropology XVII.1-2.
A copy of this article is in the Museum paper archives.
Event Date 1930
Author: maa

Context (Amendments / updates)
Vysotske Period, previously called the Czechy-Wysocko Period.
Event Date 26/3/2024
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

Description (Physical description)
Ceramic spindle whorl. Circular in shape with a flat cross section and two perforations either side that do not connect as they are both slightly off centre. Black slip with painted lines.
Event Date 4/4/2024
Author: Aedan Jones

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