Title: Button or Spindle Whorl
Object type: Button or spindle whorl
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
Credit line: Gift of Egypt Exploration Fund, 1897
Geography: Found/excavated el-Bahnasa (Oxyrhynchus)   Egypt      
Department: Islamic Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY