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Agate spindle whorl

The Metropolitan Museum of Art · Greek and Roman Art

Agate spindle whorl

Minoan

Date
ca. 2200–1450 BCE
Medium
Agate
Dimensions
H. 9mm
Object type
Spindle whorl
Classification
Miscellaneous-Stone
Culture
Minoan
Period
Middle Minoan I-Late Minoan I
Object number
26.31.401
Credit line
Bequest of Richard B. Seager, 1926
Gallery
171
Original Met record Wikidata

The Met object ID 252329. The source CSV marks this record public domain, the official API identifies it as image-bearing, and the image was reverified as public domain before this page rendered.