Description (Catalog Card): Spindle whorl. Greenish drab clay with incised decoration (conical top) [drawing 1:1]1     
Find Context (Catalog Card): PFT C6 at -860     
Material (Catalog Card): Clay2     
U Number: 14464     
Museum: University of Pennsylvania Museum      
Object Type: Tools and Equipment >> Whorls, Weights, Plumb Bobs >> Spindle Whorls      
Season Number: 08: 1929-1930      
Description (Modern): Conical, with roughly cut angled lip on bottom edge. Grayish tan coarse stone. Incised decoration consisting of angled scratches on either side of a straight line repeated three times around the object. Diameter of perforation 9.5 mm at either end. Minor chips.      
Material: Inorganic Remains >> Clay      
Museum Number (UPM Date Reg Number): 31-16-559     
Measurement (Weight): 18.6 grams     
Measurement (X): 43     
Measurement (Y): 15     
[1] Woolley's description
[2] Material as described by Woolley

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Media Media Title Title Label Author Omeka Label
Ur Excavations IV; The Early Periods Ur Excavations IV; The Early Periods 1955 Woolley, L. (none)
Woolley's Catalog Cards Woolley's Catalog Cards Card -- BM ID:194 Box:59 Page:118 Card -- BM ID:194 Box:59 Page:118 (none)
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