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    HoB 98: Loom weight pierced by two holes. (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)

Loom weight pierced by two holes

Date
Context: Late Bronze Age or Early Iron Age, Late Bronze Age; Early Lydian
Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
T62.041
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 to *94.5
Findspot
E10 / S95 To *94.50
Description
Hammer-shaped loom weight. Reddish-brown clay with chaff and stone inclusions. Two holes pierced through the middle section of the weight. A break occurred at one of the holes. Lightly fired.
Dimensions
W. 0.060, L. 0.10 m; Wt. 440 g.
Comments
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Author
AR