Item: B2009.1.55
Class: Small Find
Number of Views: 1
Project: Bade Museum
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Description (35 properties)
| Object Name | Loom Weight | |
| Category Type | Ceramic | |
| Object Sub-category | Ceramic -- Tool | |
| Material | Ceramic | |
| Subjects and Themes | Weaving and textiles | |
| Manufacture | Handmade | |
| Ceramic Fabric | orange-red ware, medium white grits | |
| Decoration | None | |
| General Description | Potsherd reused as a loom weight. Orange-red ware with medium white grits; pierced through the center and edges rounded. Flat and thin as compared with other weights of this size. | |
| Cultural Period | Iron IIA - Babylonian/Persian | |
| Early Date (BCE) | 850 | |
| Late Date (BCE) | 425 | |
| Occupation Level | I | |
| Stratum | 3A-2? | |
| Completeness | Whole | |
| Width (cm) | 1.4 | |
| Diameter (cm) | 7.5 | |
| Dimension Notes | width taken at thickest point; hole diameter at top = 1.5 cm, at bottom = 1.3 cm. | |
| Weight (g) | 84.2 | |
| Excavation Date | 1929-04-05 | |
| Exc. Object ID | x5 | |
| Excav. Ceramic Type | M10 | |
| Excav. Ceramic Serial # | 1811 | |
| Provenance | Date for Silo 187 not listed in TEN II, thus no date can be ascertained. Update: listed in Zorn vol. 4 pg. 1623. Dates given here derive from this source. | |
| Primary Location | Holbrook Hall, Pacific School of Religion | |
| Catalog | Object | |
| Collection | Tell en-Nasbeh Collection | |
| Catalog Type | Archaeology | |
| Catalog Date | 2009-10-26 | |
| Conservation Condition | Good | |
| Conservation Notes | Very good condition; smooth surface and edges. No repairs needed. | |
| Object ID | B2009.1.55 | |
| Old Museum ID | 786 | |
| Photo Number | 559 | |
| Publication Notes | McCown, C. C. 1947. Tell en-Nasbeh, Vol. I: Archaeological and Historical Results. Berkeley and New Haven: The Palestine Institute of Pacific School of Religion and the American Schools of Oriental Research. Wampler, J. C. 1947. Tell en-Nasbeh, Vol. II: The Pottery. Berkeley and New Haven: The Palestine Institute of Pacific School of Religion and the American Schools of Oriental Research. |
Item Notes
Bade Museum Accession Numbers are unique number given to each object in a collection that was received from the same source at the same time.
Suggested Citation:
Kiersten Neumann. "Bade Museum: B2009.1.55 (Small Find)" (Released 2010-02-17). Aaron Brody (Ed.) Open Context. <http://opencontext.org/subjects/4B1EB3B3-4C6D-46DE-CB0A-1C780CA4A206>
Associated People (3 items)
Kiersten Neumann ( Catalogued by ) , Aaron Brody ( Director ) , William Frederic Badè ( Excavated by )
