JC-79-180 Peso de tear / Loom weight

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Blocky parallelepipedic object in ceramic with two suspension holes. This object would have been used as a weight on a vertical loom to keep the warp threads (hung vertically) under tension, while the weft threads (horizontal) intertwined between them formed the fabric. It is one of the few components of the loom that survives the degradation of the wooden structure. TIME/ERA Roman ORIGIN/SOURCE Santar, Nelas, Viseu COLLECTION/COLLECTION Arqueological Collection José Coelho, JC-79-180 DIMENSIONS/MEASUREMENTS (in) 51.57 (max height), 27.56 (max width), 18.9 (max thickness)