Spindle Whorl
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Spindle whorls aided in the making of thread by maintaining the momentum of the spindle. This convex spindle whorl made from rose-pink tinted bone was excavated at Nishapur. One side of the main body is decorated with an incised rosette of six dot-in-circles and a vertical line of dots, while the opposite is incised with an anthropomorphic figure. Hundreds of spindle whorls were excavated at Nishapur, providing further evidence that the city possessed a thriving textile industry. Their incised designs exhibit a wide variety of motifs ranging from geometric forms to zoomorphic figures.
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