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Description: | A complete stone object, possibly a loom weight for a warp weighted loom of uncertain date. The weight, made from fine grained sandstone, is roughly circular in plan though it is now very worn and has an off-centre perforation.Loom weights were used to keep the vertical threads, or warp, tight on a loom during weaving while the horizontal thread, or weft, was passed through the warp.The loom weight is 102mm in diameter, 47.3mm thick and weighs 355g."Donut" shaped loom weights tend to date to the early-medieval period therefore this is a likely date for this object however due to the lack of contextual evidence this can not be ascertained for certain.More commonly loomweights are bonfire fired, baked or unfired clay therefore it is possible that this object may be of a different function such as a thatch/rick weight.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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