Whorls, Weights, Plumb Bobs

This category includes objects that are pierced and used by hanging from some other object.

Objects: Whorls, Weights, Plumb Bobs Export: JSON - XML - CSV

U Number	Museum Number (UPM Date Reg Number)	Museum Number (BM Registration Number)	Museum Number (UPM B-number)	Description (Catalog Card)
9848	(none)	(none)	B17284	Copper Spindle Whorl? Conical shaped and hollowed to admit wood, part of which remains. On top was found half of a bone cap vertically perforated. [drawing]
12705E	(none)	(none)	(none)	Group: [A] (1) Beads. Small lapis tubes carnelian rings and bugles. [B] (2) Copper reticule containing manicure tools. [C] (3) Copper dagger with ivory and silver handle. Type II B. Tip missing. [D] (4) Cylinder seal. Lapis lazuli adhering to blade of 3, not photographed. Men and animals poor cutting. [E and F] (5) [E] Spindles copper with [F] lapis whorl.
13704	(none)	(none)	(none)	Spindle whorl. Half of ... of pink stone, (steatite), polished; the top slightly convex. [drawing]
13750	(none)	(none)	(none)	Stone spindle whorl. Basic diorite(?) Usual plano-convex type. Not in catalog. [drawing]
14205	(none)	(none)	(none)	Spindle whorl. Copper. Type IV. A. Broken in 3 pieces.
14466A	(none)	(none)	(none)	Clay object. Shaped like a reel. With one end rather smaller than the other-perhaps a stand(?) [drawing]
14931	(none)	1930,1213.345	(none)	Spindle whorl. Drab clay. Decorated with punched dots and slashes. [drawing 1:1]
14941A	(none)	(none)	(none)	Clay reel. (A) Roughly made of dark drab clay: Use uncertain. (B) A second similar. [drawing]
14941B	(none)	(none)	(none)	Clay reel. (A) Roughly made of dark drab clay: Use uncertain. (B) A second similar. [drawing]
14946	(none)	1930,1213.145	(none)	Spindle whorl. Of dark grey clay. Decorated with stamped dots. [drawing 1:1]
15456	(none)	(none)	(none)	Spindle Whorl top. Hemispherical flattened. Black stone. [additional drawing on back of card] [drawing 1:1]
16352	(none)	(none)	(none)	Terracotta ring. roughly shaped. [drawing 1:1]
17047	(none)	(none)	(none)	Spindle whorl head? Glass paste? Blue. Hemispherical. Perforated through center [drawing 1:1]
17683	(none)	(none)	(none)	Whorl. Clay. [drawing 1:1]
18194	(none)	(none)	(none)	Spindle whorl of dark steatite. With slashed pattern thus [reference to drawing] [drawing 1:1]
19129	(none)	(none)	(none)	Spindle whorl. Shell Conical, with engraved lines and holes originally inlaid with lapis dots. [drawing 1:1]
18269I	(none)	(none)	(none)	Group: (A) [A and N] Pair of copper bracelets, penannular, square section with flattened papyrus ends. (B) Bangle of thin copper wire. (C) Copper fibula. [drawing] (D) Copper fibula thus [reference to drawing] pin missing. [drawing] (E) [E-O] 2 copper finger rings. (F) Bronze arrowhead, 3-flanged type. (G) Iron knife blade, straight and slender type. Broken. (H) Iron leaf-shaped blade, broken. (I) [I and P] [I] Bone spindle and [P] glazed whorl. (J) Shale amulet in form of bird. [drawing 1:1] (K) Beads: string of very small yellow glaze ring with 6 puzuzu heads of blue glazed frit and some black and white glass paste balls and one yellow pasted bead. (L) Beads: string of pink and white stone scaraboids, large shell disk, blue glaze puzuzu head, paste scaraboid, decorated, glass rings. (M) Beads: Stone beads, carnelian, sard, marble, limestone, rough.
8914B	(none)	1928,1009.390	(none)	[A] Handle? A handle of white steatite from which projects a copper rod: strung on the rod are 5 roundels alternately of white shell and black shale: on the rest of the copper rod traces of wood. With this were found [B-N] 13 shell objects like spindle whorls. Possibly the handle and thong-beads of an ornamental whip(?). [drawing 1:2] [drawing 1:1]
8914C	(none)	1928,1009.389	(none)	[A] Handle? A handle of white steatite from which projects a copper rod: strung on the rod are 5 roundels alternately of white shell and black shale: on the rest of the copper rod traces of wood. With this were found [B-N] 13 shell objects like spindle whorls. Possibly the handle and thong-beads of an ornamental whip(?). [drawing 1:2] [drawing 1:1]
8914D	(none)	1928,1009.389	(none)	[A] Handle? A handle of white steatite from which projects a copper rod: strung on the rod are 5 roundels alternately of white shell and black shale: on the rest of the copper rod traces of wood. With this were found [B-N] 13 shell objects like spindle whorls. Possibly the handle and thong-beads of an ornamental whip(?). [drawing 1:2] [drawing 1:1]
8914E	(none)	1928,1009.389	(none)	[A] Handle? A handle of white steatite from which projects a copper rod: strung on the rod are 5 roundels alternately of white shell and black shale: on the rest of the copper rod traces of wood. With this were found [B-N] 13 shell objects like spindle whorls. Possibly the handle and thong-beads of an ornamental whip(?). [drawing 1:2] [drawing 1:1]
8914F	(none)	1928,1009.389	(none)	[A] Handle? A handle of white steatite from which projects a copper rod: strung on the rod are 5 roundels alternately of white shell and black shale: on the rest of the copper rod traces of wood. With this were found [B-N] 13 shell objects like spindle whorls. Possibly the handle and thong-beads of an ornamental whip(?). [drawing 1:2] [drawing 1:1]
8914G	(none)	1928,1009.389	(none)	[A] Handle? A handle of white steatite from which projects a copper rod: strung on the rod are 5 roundels alternately of white shell and black shale: on the rest of the copper rod traces of wood. With this were found [B-N] 13 shell objects like spindle whorls. Possibly the handle and thong-beads of an ornamental whip(?). [drawing 1:2] [drawing 1:1]
8914H	(none)	1928,1009.389	(none)	[A] Handle? A handle of white steatite from which projects a copper rod: strung on the rod are 5 roundels alternately of white shell and black shale: on the rest of the copper rod traces of wood. With this were found [B-N] 13 shell objects like spindle whorls. Possibly the handle and thong-beads of an ornamental whip(?). [drawing 1:2] [drawing 1:1]
8914I	(none)	(none)	B16970.1	[A] Handle? A handle of white steatite from which projects a copper rod: strung on the rod are 5 roundels alternately of white shell and black shale: on the rest of the copper rod traces of wood. With this were found [B-N] 13 shell objects like spindle whorls. Possibly the handle and thong-beads of an ornamental whip(?). [drawing 1:2] [drawing 1:1]