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)
13721A	31-16-581A	(none)	(none)	[A-E] Loom weights. Plain clay rings of greenish clay. Type IX.
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.
14438	31-16-492	(none)	(none)	Stone roundel. Dark grey slate or schist. Flat below, above a shallow truncated cone: small hole through centre. (chipped at edge).
14464	31-16-559	(none)	(none)	Spindle whorl. Greenish drab clay with incised decoration (conical top) [drawing 1:1]
14466A	(none)	(none)	(none)	Clay object. Shaped like a reel. With one end rather smaller than the other-perhaps a stand(?) [drawing]
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]
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.
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]
235B	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A-D] Stone plumb-bobs (4). 2 are pierced transversely. 2 - from the top to the side.
235C	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A-D] Stone plumb-bobs (4). 2 are pierced transversely. 2 - from the top to the side.
235D	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A-D] Stone plumb-bobs (4). 2 are pierced transversely. 2 - from the top to the side.
15406N	(none)	(none)	(none)	Group: [A] (1) Two strings of small lapis lazuli and silver lentoids. [B] (2) Three strings lapis lazuli ovoids. [C] (3) About 27 strings of lapis lazuli and silver double conoids. The majority of the beads appeared to have three strings. [D-M] (4) Five pairs of silver ear rings of 2 1/2 coils each. [N] (5) Fragment of a copper spindle whorl.
6112B	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A-I] 9 clay loom weights. 8 drab, 1 red. Type V.
6112C	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A-I] 9 clay loom weights. 8 drab, 1 red. Type V.
6112D	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A-I] 9 clay loom weights. 8 drab, 1 red. Type V.
6112E	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A-I] 9 clay loom weights. 8 drab, 1 red. Type V.
6112F	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A-I] 9 clay loom weights. 8 drab, 1 red. Type V.