Category:
Tools and equipment, textile and sewing equipment, loom weights
Date:
Graeco-Roman Period, Ptolemaic Period (323-31 BCE)
Provenance:
Lower Egypt, Alexandria, Nelson Island
Material(s):
Man made material, pottery (terracotta)
Hall:
Nelson Island Collection, showcase 34
Description
Collection of loom weights and whorls in different sizes.
Loom weights
The threads tied on the loom frame were kept taut by little weights hung at their ends. When not in use, the weights were kept in a basket beside the loom where some were found in a room in one of the houses on Nelson Island.
The information given here is subject to modification/update as a result of ongoing research.
References
- Mona Serry, ed., Bibliotheca Alexandrina: Antiquities Museum, introduction by Ismail Serageldin (Alexandria: Bibliotheca Alexandrina. Antiquities Museum, 2015): 269, 336.