textile and leather working equipment

Ivory decorative spinning distaff or 'fingerkunkel', previously believed to be a cosmetic object of uncertain function, with a plain central handle. Comparisons with an example found in the Terrace House 2 at Ephesus and in a grave at Zurzach, Switzerland confirm this identification. Ending at one end in a schematically sculpted figure of a naked female with one hand to legs, other to breasts, with incised lines indicating hair (Aphrodite); the other end consists of a loop with forked finial. One side of figure and handle broken away.

Shurafa

publication: 'from a grave in the north cemetery'; no tomb number

- Petrie, William Matthew Flinders, Heliopolis, Kafr Ammar and Shurafa, 43, pl.49, no.6
- William Matthew Flinders Petrie, Objects of Daily Use, pl.19, no.64

Roman Period

LDUCE-UC71153

Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology