Spindle Whorl

35-8-90

From: Iran | Murteza Gerd

Curatorial Section: Near Eastern

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Object Number 35-8-90
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Iran | Murteza Gerd
Site Name Rayy
Archaeology Area BA 39, ref. exc. D: 69.65-68.75
Period Hissar IA | Hissar IB
Section Near Eastern
Materials Greenstone
Description

This gray-green stone disk has a perforation through the center, indicating it may have been used as a spindle whorl.

Credit Line The Boston Museum of Fine Arts / University Museum Expedition to Rayy; Erich F. Schmidt 1934
Other Number MG56 - Field No SF

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