Spindle whorl
about 100 B.C.–A.D. 300
FindspotKaranog, Nubia (Egypt)
Medium/TechniqueWood
DimensionsHeight x diameter: 1.5 x 2.45 cm (9/16 x 15/16 in.)
Credit LineMFA-University of Pennsylvania Exchange
Accession number1991.1129
On View
Not on viewClassificationsTools and equipment
Collections
ProvenanceFrom Karanog. 1908: excavated by the E.B. Coxe Expedition of the University of Pennsylvania; assigned to the University of Pennsylvania in the division of finds by the Sudanese government; 1908-1991: University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology; 1991: received by the MFA through exchange with the University of Pennsylvania Museum.
(Accession date: March 25, 1992)
(Accession date: March 25, 1992)
2061–1640 B.C.
1295–1186 B.C.
2500–2350 B.C.
1336–1295 B.C.
about A.D. 1970–1984
3rd century A.D.
3rd century A.D.
3rd century A.D.
1550–1070 B.C.
