• r8-hob-223-10
    HoB 223: Hammer-shaped loom weight. (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)

Hammer-shaped loom weight

Date
Context: 9th to mid-8th c BC, Early Lydian
Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
T12.005.4
Material
Terracotta
Object Type
Weaving Equipment
Site
Sardis
Sector
HoB
Trench
HoB
Locus
HoB Deep Sounding C
B-Grid Coordinates
E1 - W5 / S104 - S109 *95.5 - 95.2
Findspot
W5-E1 / S104-109 *95.5-95.2; E0 / S107 *95.25 down
Description
Temper: gritty with chaff.
Dimensions
#4: L. 0.082, Diam. 0.057 m; Wt. 283.5 g; #10: L. 0.076, Diam. 0.049 m; Wt. 150 g.
Comments
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Author
AR