• r8-hob-100-10
    HoB 100: Loom weight. (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)

    Loom weight

    Report 8: Ordinary Lydians at Home: The Lydian Trenches of the House of Bronzes and Pactolus Cliff at Sardis (2021) Cat. HoB 100
    Date
    Context: Late Bronze Age or Early Iron Age, Late Bronze Age; Early Lydian
    Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
    T62.052
    Material
    Terracotta
    Object Type
    Weaving Equipment
    Site
    Sardis
    Sector
    HoB
    Trench
    HoB
    Locus
    HoB LBA/EIA - Low Levels of Deep Sounding B
    B-Grid Coordinates
    E10 / S95 - S100 *94.2 - 93.7
    Findspot
    E10 / S95-100 *94.20-93.70
    Description
    Hammer-shaped loom weight. Reddish-orange clay with chaff. Hole pierced through the middle section of the weight. More heavily fired. Traces of burning.
    Dimensions
    W. 0.047, L. 0.079 m; Wt. 164 g.
    Comments
    See Also
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    Author
    AR

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