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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ClassificationsTools and equipment

Collections

Ancient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East

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)