Terracotta spindle whorl. Culture: Cypriot. Dimensions: H. 1 1/4 in. (3.2 cm). Date: ca. 1900-1725 B.C.. Engraved decoration, filled with lime; around the body is a large zigzag made up of oblique lines with dots along one side and rows of short parallel strokes along the other; in the open spaces are small groups of parallel horizontal strokes; on the base is a ring of zigzag lines around a ring containing parallel strokes. This spindle-whorl may come from the northern coast of Cyprus (Lapithos or Vounous, or possibly Dhenia). (VK). Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Terracotta spindle whorl. Culture: Cypriot. Dimensions: H. 1 1/4 in. (3.2 cm). Date: ca. 1900-1725 B.C.. Engraved decoration, filled with lime; around the body is a large zigzag made up of oblique lines with dots along one side and rows of short parallel strokes along the other; in the open spaces are small groups of parallel horizontal strokes; on the base is a ring of zigzag lines around a ring containing parallel strokes. This spindle-whorl may come from the northern coast of Cyprus (Lapithos or Vounous, or possibly Dhenia). (VK). Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA. Stock Photo

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