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Description: | A complete lead spindle whorl or loom weight. It is roughly circular in plan, though it now looks compressed in places and has a slightly off-centre perforation. The object is a very light brown with a slightly orange colour visible on half of one side. 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 20.96mm in diameter, 11.64mm thick and weighs 29.37g. "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 loom weights 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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