• r8-hob-99-10
    HoB 99: Loom weight. (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)

    Loom weight

    Date
    Context: Late Bronze Age or Early Iron Age, Late Bronze Age; Early Lydian
    Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
    T62.048
    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
    E0 - E2 / S99 - S100 *94.25 - 94
    Findspot
    E2-0 / S99-100 *94.25-94
    Description
    Hammer-shaped loom weight. Reddish-buff clay with stone inclusions. Hole pierced through the middle section of weight. Lightly fired. Traces of burning.
    Dimensions
    W. 0.057, L. 0.072 m; Wt. 169 g.
    Comments
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    Author
    AR