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ROMAN SPINDLE WHORL C.11ST-3RD CENTURY AD - Fagan Arms
ROMAN SPINDLE WHORL C.11ST-3RD CENTURY AD - Fagan Arms
ROMAN SPINDLE WHORL C.11ST-3RD CENTURY AD - Fagan Arms

Lead, about 1 1/8 diameter with domed top and flat bottom. Originally mounted with a wood rod. The spinner draws fiber (wool, cotton, silk etc.) from a mass on a distaff, hand pulling it to uniform thickness while the whorl and rod to which the thread is attached spins it into cord.  Surface oxidized from burial.

Stock Number: B9202

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