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Object Number 41-72-40/5692
Display Title 10 stone spindle whorls
Descriptions
Inventory Description Stone, ground stone, perforated stone, spindle whorls, some chipped
Classification
  • Raw Material
  • Perforated Stone
Department Archaeological
Culture
  • Middle Neolithic?
  • Later Neolithic?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Europe / Switzerland
Materials Chert
Dimensions Overall: 1.5 x 5.4 x 5.2 cm (9/16 x 2 1/8 x 2 1/16 in.)
Quantity 10
Label on object 41-72-40/5692

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