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Spindle whorl
Spindle whorl

Spindle whorl

5th millennium B.C.
FindspotTall-i-Bakun, Iran
Medium/TechniqueClay
DimensionsLegacy dimension: H. .024 D. .033
Credit LineUniversity of Chicago-Museum of Fine Arts Persepolis Expedition
Accession number45.927
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsTools and equipment
ProvenanceFrom Tall-i-Bakun, near Persepolis. 1937: excavated by the University of Chicago-Museum of Fine Arts Persepolis Expedition. Assigned to the MFA in the division of finds. (Accession Date: December 13, 1945)