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Stone spindle whorl

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Stone, Ealy Minoan III-Middle Bronze Age, Minoan
Rights: Public Domain
Greek and Roman Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art New York NY, Bequest of Richard B. Seager 1926
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Title: Stone spindle whorl
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Stone, Ealy Minoan III-Middle Bronze Age, Minoan.

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