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Description: | A Roman ceramic triangular loom weight (AD43-410) or a post medieval ceramic seine net sinker. This loomweight or net sinker has the shape of an isoceles triangle in plan and it has a rectangular cross-section. There is a perforation at the peak and there is a groove from the upper edge of the perforation around the top of the loomweight or net sinker and connects with the upper edge of the perforation on the back. The fabric is red.Similar Roman loom weights are in the collections at the Museum of London (63.119/2, 78.242, 2867), they would be used on a vertical loom. Mike Webber suggests these are post medieval seine net sinkers. He has recorded several during surveys on the foreshore.Dimensions: length: 133mm; width: 73mm; thickness: 31mm; diameter of perforation: 8mm; weight: 342g.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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