Button or Spindle Whorl
Object type: Button or spindle whorl
Department: Islamic Art
Date: 30 BCE–364 CE
Medium: Bone; incised and inlaid with paint
Dimensions: H. 1/4 in. (0.6 cm) 
Diam. 1 1/4 in. (3.2 cm)
Classification: Ivories and Bone
Geography: Found/excavated el-Bahnasa (Oxyrhynchus)   Egypt  
Credit line: Gift of Egypt Exploration Fund, 1897
Accession year: 1897