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: H3887

: Egyptology

: spindle whorl

: A conical piece of stone with a flat top and bottom and a hole through it. There are five vertical grooves along the outside of the whorl.

On Display at Bristol Museum & Art Gallery, Egypt Gallery

: Tell el-Rataba, Egypt, North Africa, Africa

: 818-715 BC

: Third Intermediate Period

: Given by the Egypt Research Council, 1906.