• r8-hob-99-10
    HoB 99: Loom weight. (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)

Loom weight

Date
Context: Late Bronze Age or Early Iron Age, Late Bronze Age; Early Lydian
Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
T62.048
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
E0 - E2 / S99 - S100 *94.25 - 94
Findspot
E2-0 / S99-100 *94.25-94
Description
Hammer-shaped loom weight. Reddish-buff clay with stone inclusions. Hole pierced through the middle section of weight. Lightly fired. Traces of burning.
Dimensions
W. 0.057, L. 0.072 m; Wt. 169 g.
Comments
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Author
AR