Pulley or reel
- Accession Number
- W4048
- Current Location
- In storage
- Object Type
- Implements and utensils, Spinning and weaving, Spindle, Spindle whorl
- Material
- Pottery
- Measurements
- diameter 40mm
- Number of Elements
- 1
Licensing details
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- Description
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Pulley or reel or unfinished spindle whorl in pottery. A similar disc dating to the New Kingdom appears in Ayrton, Currely and Weigall, 1904, Abydos III, p49, plate XVI.7. Broken and mended prior to 1997. 40mm in diameter.
- Previous Owner
- Sir Henry Solomon Wellcome (1853–1936)
- Acquisition
- Assumed long-term loan, The Wellcome Trust (15 Feb 1971)
- Last modified: 16 Dec 2020
