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Bone Disk (Spindle Whorl?)
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Lathe-turned bone disk, perhaps a spindle whorl, game token, or furniture decoration. Around the edge and central hole are a series of concentric bands. The disc is domed on one side, flat on the other. The surface is chipped and scratched in places.
Department of Ancient and Byzantine Art & Numismatics
The Alice Corinne McDaniel Collection Department of the Classics Harvard University (before 1970-2012) transfer; to the Harvard Art Museums 2012.
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum Transfer from the Alice Corinne McDaniel Collection Department of the Classics Harvard University
Title: Bone Disk (Spindle Whorl?)
Description:
Lathe-turned bone disk, perhaps a spindle whorl, game token, or furniture decoration.
Around the edge and central hole are a series of concentric bands.
The disc is domed on one side, flat on the other.
The surface is chipped and scratched in places.