A guide to the exhibition illustrating Greek and Roman life (1920)
British Museum. Dept. of Greek and Roman Antiquities · London, British Museum · leaf 158
Fig. 175.—Epinetron or Spinning Instrument (No. 420). L. 144 in. are woven towards each selvedge of the fabric. The band of wingedfigures must be regarded as a piece of embroidery. (For tapestryweaving see below.) The,two horizontal rods lower down are the Moii. </ hi*!., i.\. pi. 42. 146 GREEK… … Fig. 176.—Penelope at the Loom. at the lower end, so that the canon would be inserted correctlywith great ease. The loom weights, which hang at the bottom, closely resemble in form the sets(No. 427) of pyramidal terra-cotta and lead weights in thisCase. The terracotta discs(figs. 173 and 177),…
Civilization, Greek and Roman · Classical antiquities
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