Red Polished spindle whorl with incised decoration
Date2400-2100 BCE
Periodearly to mid-Early Bronze Age
CultureCypriot
MediumTerracotta with reddish-brown slip and lime-filled incised details
ClassificationCeramics
ProvenanceExcavated by James R. B. Stewart in 1961, The University of Sydney; donated by The University of Sydney to the John & Mable Ringling Museum of Art, 1973-present.
Credit LineDonated by the University of Sydney, 1973
Object numberSN74.34
On View
Not on viewWeight: 0.1 pound (29.24 gm)
Height: 7/8 in. (2.19 cm)
Diameter: 1 11/16 in. (4.2-4.22 cm)
Moment of Inertia: 64.78 gm/cm2 (for spinning thread needing ca. 44 gm warp tension)
Piercing (at pointed end)
Diameter: 3/8 in. (0.86-0.90 cm)
Piercing (at flat end)
Diameter: 3/8 in. (0.94-0.96 cm)
Medium Details
Color (Munsell soil color chart)
Fabric: 10YR 7/3 (very pale brown) to 10YR 7/2 (light gray); core 2.5Y 5/1 (gray)
Slip: 2.5 YR 4/3 to 2.5 YR 4/4 (reddish brown)
White lime: 5Y 8/1 (white)
Inclusions
some sand, few gravel
2100-1950 BCE
1450-1200 BCE
2nd-1st c. BCE
620-590 BCE
