• r8-hob-497-10
    HoB 497: Loom weight. (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)

Loom weight

Date
Context: early to third quarter of 7th c BC, Lydian
Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
T65.016
Material
Terracotta
Object Type
Weaving Equipment
Site
Sardis
Sector
HoB
Trench
HoB
Locus
HoB Lydian II - Bothros East of Building G
B-Grid Coordinates
W29 - W31 / S114 - S115 *98.2 - 97.2
Findspot
W29-31 / S114-115 *98.2-97.2 ⁓ South Side
Description
Four-sided, pyramidal loom weight. Two sides, top and bottom slightly broken. Hole on top.
Dimensions
H. 0.053, Diam. of hole 0.005, Bottom 0.028 × 0.027, Top 0.018 × 0.015; weight 30.5 g.
Comments
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Author
GGD