Descriptive Attribute	Value(s)
Object Name	Loom Weight
Category Type	Ceramic
Object Sub-category	Ceramic -- Tool
Material	Ceramic
Subjects and Themes	Weaving and textiles
Manufacture	Handmade
Ceramic Fabric	light brown drab over core of light brown containing very many white grits
Decoration	Wet Smoothed
General Description	Broken, irregular shaped loom weight that was repaired at the time of excavation. Ovoid in section with flat ridges on outer edges. Hole is likewise irregularly shaped on either side (not quite circular). Fabric contains many white grits of various sizes. Wet-smoothed with an outer surface that has been smoke blackened.
Cultural Period	Iron IIB - Babylonian/Persian
Early Date (BCE)	900
Late Date (BCE)	330
Occupation Level	I
Stratum	3A-3C?
Completeness	Whole
Width (cm)	3.1
Diameter (cm)	4.5
Dimension Notes	Dia. taken at widest point. Dia of interior hole = < 0.5 cm.
Weight (g)	55.2
Excavation Date	1935-06-03
Exc. Object ID	x24
Excav. Ceramic Type	M14
Excav. Ceramic Serial #	1809
Primary Location	Holbrook Hall, Pacific School of Religion
Catalog	Object
Collection	Tell en-Nasbeh Collection
Catalog Type	Archaeology
Catalog Date	2009-10-15
Conservation Condition	Fair
Conservation Notes	dried glue from previous repair is breaking down and flaking off. handle gently
Object ID	B2009.1.31
Publication Notes	McCown, C. C. 1947. Tell en-Nasbeh, Vol. I: Archaeological and Historical Results. Berkeley and New Haven:...
Has note	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.