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A luxurious set of spinning implements was discovered as part of the  furnishings in the grave of a woman, unearthed in the surroundings of  ancient Viminacium. A unique amber distaff with the upper part modelled in  the form of a female bust stands out as the most important part of the grave  assemblage. Similar artefacts were often misinterpreted, but this specimen  was found together with a spindle, thus confirming that it actually is a  distaff. Miniature copies of spinning equipment made out of precious  materials are known from sepulchral contexts, and are described as objects  expressing feminine virtue. It is considered that they were used in wedding  rites, thus indicating the possible age of the deceased. Spinning implements  can represent useful tools for studying the life course of Roman women. In  this paper, an attempt was made to identify the divinity or person depicted  on the distaff from Viminacium, considering the symbolic nature of these  artefacts. [Project of the Serbian Ministry of Education, Science and  Technological Development, Grant no. 7018: Viminacium, Roman city and  military legion camp - research of material and non-material culture of  inhabitants by using the modern technologies of remote detection,  geophysics, GIS, digitalization and 3D visualization]

Burial of a woman with an amber distaff at Viminacium