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Terracotta biconical spindle-whorl with flat top

ca. 2500–2075 BCE
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 171
The whorl is chipped at one end. Two horizontal grooves at the carination divide the body into two registers. Engraved decoration, filled with lime; around the upper and lower registers of the body are groups of three oblique lines crossing one another, with three strokes in the intervals.
On the chronology of this long-lived spindle-whorl type, see inv. no. 74.51.942. This example could be Early Cypriot I in date. (VK)

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Object Information
  • Title: Terracotta biconical spindle-whorl with flat top
  • Period: Early Cypriot I
  • Date: ca. 2500–2075 BCE
  • Culture: Cypriot
  • Medium: Terracotta; handmade
  • Dimensions: H. 1 7/8 in. (4.8 cm)
  • Classifications: Vases, Terracottas
  • Credit Line: The Cesnola Collection, Purchased by subscription, 1874–76
  • Object Number: 74.51.940
  • Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art

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