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Early Bronze Age IV

Weight or Spindle Whorl

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  • Object Title: Weight or Spindle Whorl
  • Object Name: Weight or Spindle Whorl
  • Object Number: 955.165.32.B
  • Description: Stone. Round with pierced centre. Weight or Spindle whorl.
  • Dimensions: 1 x 4.1 cm
  • Material: Stone
  • Geography: Excavated at Jericho, Palestine
  • Period: Early Bronze Age IV
  • Date: c. 2350-2000 BCE
  • Field Collector: Dame Kathleen Mary Kenyon; British School of Archaeology; American Schools of Oriental Research
  • Museum Collector: Dr. A. Douglas Tushingham
  • 1953 Archaeological Context: J Tomb H3
  • Excavation Number: 2
  • Cross References:
  • Published References: Kenyon, Kathleen M. Excavations at Jericho, Volume One. London: British School of Archaeology in Jerusalem, 1960: p. 247, not drawn.