MI·12 Milano
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| Classification: | spindle whorl |
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| Material: | pottery |
| Size: | height 4.1 cm, max. diam. 4.4 cm |
| Condition: | lost |
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| Archaeological culture: | unknown |
| Date: | unknown |
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| Site: | Milano (Milano, Lombardia, Italy) |
| Coordinates (approx.): | 45° 27' 50.40" N, 9° 11' 16.80" E [from site] |
| Find date: | before 1888 |
| Find circumstances: | unknown |
| Current location: | unknown |
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| Inscription: | MI·12 (vat) |
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| Alternative sigla: | Solinas 1995: 103 a Morandi 2004: 142 |
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| Sources: | Morandi 2004: 617 no. 142 |
Images
 Spindle whorl MI·12 Milano and inscription MI·12 from Pauli
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Commentary
Images in Pauli 1888: Taf. XI, fig. 1 (drawings).
Double-conical spindle whorl made of reddish brown clay with a dotted zig-zag pattern on one section; weight: 45 g. The object was part of the Forrer Collection in Strassbourg when Pauli published it in 1888; its current whereabouts are unknown. Pauli (p. 44) reports that the object (together with MI·11 Milano) was found in or near Milano; nothing was known to him about the exact find place and circumstance, but they came to Forrer threaded on a piece of string with further spindle whorls. Pauli assumes that they were part of a necklace from a burial. See also Molinari 1974: 68.
