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© Museu d'Arqueologia de Catalunya - Olèrdola
Omeka ID 2241
Olèrdola
Protohistory

decorated spindle whorl

MAC OLE-00284

Object type
whorl
Production date
-200 / -100
Fabric
other ceramic materials
Museum
Museu d'Arqueologia de Catalunya - Olèrdola
Culture
Protohistory
Discovery location
Olèrdola. Entrada recinte (sector 01)
Materials
pottery
Township
Olèrdola (Europa, Espanya, Catalunya, Barcelona, Alt Penedès)
Technique
wheel-thrown
Where is it?
Centre Interpretació
Dimensions
22 x 27 x 27 mm
Description
Frustoconical object with a central hole, made on the wheel. It displays incisions and impressions around the perimeter. In the top half, a zigzag line of slightly curved vertical lines is framed by two lines hanging regularly. These and the zigzag line are made with fine prints of a sharp object. Incisions and impressions are filled with white paste that highlights the decoration. Irregularly-shaped arrow motifs are distributed In the lower half. Grey clay with brown core. The spindle whorl was found in the excavations in 1996, in a level of abandonment dated in the late second century and beginning of the first century BC in Room 6. These types of pieces are related to textile production and, specifically, to hand spinning. They are common in all Iberian period settlements, made both by hand and on a wheel, decorated or plain.

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