Whorls, Weights, Plumb Bobs
This category includes objects that are pierced and used by hanging from some other object.
This category includes objects that are pierced and used by hanging from some other object.
Objects: Whorls, Weights, Plumb Bobs Export: JSON - XML - CSV
| Object | U Number | Museum Number (UPM Date Reg Number) | Museum Number (BM Registration Number) | Museum Number (UPM B-number) | Description (Catalog Card) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 23 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Milk-stone? Roughly tooth-shaped (or celt shaped) of mottled black and white granite pierced. [drawing 1:1] |
| 28 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone plumb-bob. of fine greyish-white limestone. [drawing 1:1] |
| 102 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay spool. [drawing 1:1] |
| 235A | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A-D] 4 Stone plumb-bobs . two are pierced transversely. two from the top to the side. |
| 517 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Spindle whorl of black steatite. |
| 668 | (none) | (none) | (none) | spindle whorl pebble. |
| 835 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cone. of dark brown stone. Broken below. A hole runs up the centre, and a second is pierced from the side to beyond the middle for a pin to make the cone fast to the peg running up the central hole. On one side scratches, perhaps relics of an inscription. [Handwritten note corrects type to plumb bob] [drawing 1:1] |
| 1503 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Plumb bob. Drab clay. With hole at end, and one at side. [drawing] |
| 1509 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Plumb-bob. Black stone, with hole at end and 3 at side, and remains of copper wire within. Like U.1502. In text, see U.1359 |
| 2508 | (none) | 1927,1003.64 | (none) | Spindle whorl. Black steatite. [drawing 1:1] |
| 2746 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Plumb-bob. Dark grey stone. [drawing 1:1] |
| 3041A | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone plumb-bobs. A. of buff colored limestone. B. a harder grey stone. [drawing] |
| 3041B | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone plumb-bobs. A. of buff colored limestone. B. a harder grey stone. [drawing] |
| 6112A | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A-I] 9 clay loom weights. 8 drab, 1 red. Type V. |
| 6144 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Weight. Possibly for loom or rope making U.6144. Stone. Drab. Oblong shape and holes pierced at one end. E. Type II? [drawing] |
| 6258A | (none) | (none) | (none) | (A) 1 black stone loom weight (B) 1 black flaked stone fragmentary (C) [C.1-.3] 3 fragments of solid copper from from 10mm to 20mm in thickness. (D) 1 square stone weight rounded at corners. (E-F) 2 broken crystal beads [drawing] |
| 6526 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Loom weight. Stone. Black. Type V. |
| 6585 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Loom weight? Baked clay. Oval. Light drab. Type XII. E. [drawing] |
| 7076A | (none) | (none) | (none) | Loom weight. White stone. Pierced. Hollow base. Cone shaped, rounded top. Type IV. E. |
| 8188 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Loom weight? Grey stone [drawing] 1:1 |
| 8301 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Shell roundel. Carved as a flower rosette with 8 petals of which 5 are marked with engraved circles: the edge is serrated. The whole is slightly convex: a hole through the center. [drawing 1:1] |
| 8363 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Spindle whorl of glazed frit, color now bleached. Plain domed top. |
| 8802 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Loom weight? Clay ring apparently containing sign: nigin. B. Type IX. |
| 9777A | (none) | (none) | B17550 | [A-B] Spindles A pair Silver spindles with lapis whorls both very slender | |
| 9777B | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A-B] Spindles a pair Silver spindles with lapis whorls both very slender (broken into 4 pieces and whorl also separate.) |
Child Terms
Net/Loom Weights - Plumb Bobs - Spindle Whorls - Spindles - Spools