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HoB 716: Group of loom weights. (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)
Group of loom weights
- Date
- Context: later 7th to mid-6th c BC, Lydian
- Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
- T14.018
- Material
- Terracotta
- Object Type
- Weaving Equipment
- Site
- Sardis
- Sector
- HoB
- Trench
- HoB
- Locus
- HoB Lydian I - Pot Hoard A at *99.05
- B-Grid Coordinates
- W21 / S99 *99.05
- Findspot
- W21 / S99 *99.05 ⁓ south of Building C (“Hoard A”)
- Description
Six loom weights (two fired and four unfired), from an original group of thirty-two (remainder discarded in 1962).
#1. Four-sided pyramidal loom weight (fired). Almost intact, except a small break on top. Hole on top.
#2. Four-sided pyramidal loom weight (fired). Almost intact, except a small break on one side. Top, flattened. Hole on top. Traces of string impressions within the upper part of hole and on bottom.
#3. Four-sided pyramidal loom weight (unfired). Almost intact. Bottom and one side slightly broken. Top flattened. Hole on top.
#4. Four-sided pyramidal loom weight (unfired). Top, bottom, and one side slightly broken. Hole on top (hole does not go through the other side).
#5. Four-sided pyramidal loom weight (fired). Top and one side slightly broken. Hole not preserved.
#6. Four-sided pyramidal loom weight (unfired). Very poorly preserved.
- Dimensions
#1: H. 0.083, Diam. of hole 0.007, bottom 0.056 × 0.045 m; Wt. 160 g
#2: H. 0.075, Diam. of hole 0.008, bottom 0.044 Å~0.042 m; Wt. 120 g
#3: H. 0.067, Diam. of hole 0.006, bottom 0.042 Å~0.035 m; Wt. 80 g
#4: H. 0.067, Diam. of hole 0.007, bottom 0.048 Å~0.047 m; Wt. 100 g
#5: H. 0.056, bottom 0.045 Å~ 0.039 m; Wt. 70 g
#6: H. 0.059, bottom 0.033 Å~ 0.032 m; Wt. 70 g
- Comments
- See Also
- Bibliography
- Author
- GGD