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Loom weight?
Object Number 40-77-40/9714
Display Title Loom weight?
Descriptions
Object Description Large barrel-shaped ball of clay with hole through long axis; function unknown, perhaps a loom weight. 5.3 x 5.2 cm. (length x diameter)
Inventory Description Ceramic object, loom weight?, cylindrical w. tapered ends, broken
Classification
  • Ceramic
  • Raw Material
Department Archaeological
Culture
  • Early Iron Age
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Europe / Slovenia
Intrasite Isolated finds
Materials Ceramic
Dimensions Overall: 5.3 x 5.3 x 5.3 cm (2 1/16 x 2 1/16 x 2 1/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 40-77-40/9714; 138/V
Provenance
Provenance Duchess Marie of Mecklenburg (?)

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