• r8-hob-100-10
    HoB 100: 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.
T62.052
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
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Author
AR