File:Lead spindle whorl (FindID 182048).jpg

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lead spindle whorl
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Derby Museums Trust, Anja Rohde, 2007-06-03 14:42:48
Title
lead spindle whorl
Description
English: Cast lead spindle whorl. Circular, domed spindle whorl with irregular circular hole through the centre. Decorated on both sides with a single line in relief forming a 4-pointed star shape.

Diameter 29.7mm, thickness 10.0mm, weight 40.50g

Spindle whorls are difficult to date since they were used in a very similar form for many centuries. This could therefore be from any period from Roman to early post medieval.
Depicted place (County of findspot) Leicestershire
Date EARLY MEDIEVAL
Accession number
FindID: 182048
Old ref: DENO-2BE614
Filename: E5581 spindle whorl.jpg
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The Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) is a voluntary programme run by the United Kingdom government to record the increasing numbers of small finds of archaeological interest found by members of the public. The scheme started in 1997 and now covers most of England and Wales. Finds are published at https://finds.org.uk
Source https://finds.org.uk/database/ajax/download/id/140302
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/140302/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/182048
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