Spindle whorl or loom weight
3100–2960 B.C.
FindspotAbydos, Egypt
Medium/TechniqueLimestone
DimensionsOverall: 3 cm (1 3/16 in.)
Credit LineEgypt Exploration Fund by subscription
Accession number02.706
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ProvenanceFrom Abydos, Osiris Temenos, 0 dyn. level. 1902: excavated by William Matthew Flinders Petrie for the Egypt Exploration Fund, assigned to the Egypt Exploration Fund in the division of finds by the government of Egypt, received by the MFA through subscription to the Egypt Exploration Fund on November 17, 1902. (Accession Date: November 17, 1902)
3100–2630 B.C.
380–332 B.C.
332 B.C.–A.D. 364
3850–2960 B.C.
305–30 B.C.
760–332 B.C.
760–332 B.C.
330–50 B.C.
760–332 B.C.