Clay spinning utensil, a bowl containing a vertical strap handle through which the thread was passed. The Homeric term dimiteus applied to such utensils describes the process of producing a thicker yarn from a double thread (dimiton), the origin of the English word “dimity”. Together with loomweights and spindle whorls, these implements are tangible evidence of the production of the colourful decorated textiles and garments depicted in the Minoan frescoes, indicating that weaving was one of the main craft activities in Late Bronze Age Crete.