Pondera RO080 discoid loom weight

Catalogue number Pondera RO080 Inventory number IG24426 Holding institution Adria, Museo Archeologico Nazionale Description Discoid weight made of orange, semi-fine clay with very small black and mica inclusions. The weight is chipped along the edge, where there is a rectangular fracture.

Context

Site Adria Context Adria, Giardino Pubblico Triangolare (angolo SE) Excavation year 1878

Details

Type loom weight Loom weight shape discoid Hole diameter 17 mm Material clay Material notes semi-fine Use wear On the perforations and the body Preservation state fragment

Remarks

Examined first-hand. Unpublished.

Recorded by A. Tricomi Year of study 2011