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    HoB 733: Loom weights. (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)

Loom weights

Date
Context: later 7th to mid-6th c BC, Lydian
Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
T14.017
Material
Terracotta
Object Type
Weaving Equipment
Site
Sardis
Sector
HoB
Trench
HoB
Locus
HoB Lydian I - South of Building C
B-Grid Coordinates
W20 / S100 *99.25 - 98.9
Findspot
W20 / S100 *99.25-98.90 ⁓ south of Building C
Description

Two unfired loom weights with green fabric.

1. Four-sided pyramidal loom weight. Top broken and one side at the bottom slightly broken. Hole not preserved.

2. Four-sided pyramidal loom weight. Poorly preserved.

Dimensions

#1: H. 0.07, bottom 0.053 × 0.051 m; Wt. 200 g;

#2: H. 0.053, bottom 0.048 Å~ 0.046 m; Wt. 140 g.

Comments
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Author
GGD