Spindle whorl

Inventory number

AM 291

Category

Weight or loom weight

Period

Late Bronze Age (Mycenaean)

Date

1210-1170 BC

Dimensions

Height: 0.0128 m
Diameter: 0.0232 m
Weight: 8.113 g.

Material

Steatite

Location

First Floor Case 3, Νο 13

Almost intact conical spindle whorl. It was found in 1937-1938 during the excavation of the “Mycenaean Fountain” on the north slope of the Acropolis.

Broneer, O., «Mycenean Fountain», Hesperia 8, 1939, σελ. 410-411, εικ. 93.g