Title: Spindle whorl
Object type: Whorl
Date: ca. 2900–2600 BCE
Culture: Sumerian
Period: Early Dynastic I-II
Medium: Ceramic
Dimensions: 0.55 in. (1.4 cm)
Credit line: Rogers Fund, 1962
Geography:      Mesopotamia Nippur    
Department: Ancient West Asian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY