A guide to the exhibition illustrating Greek and Roman life (1920)
British Museum. Dept. of Greek and Roman Antiquities · London, British Museum · leaf 158
ed with two holes andsometimes have a stampeddesign, are also probably loom-weights. No. 428 (fig. 177)has a design of two dolphinsplunging into the sea ; No. 429(fig. 173) is stamped with aname—Kleodamos. As a loomweight was needed for everythread of a warp, it is notsurprising that they are… … Fig. 177.—Loom Weight(No. 428). 2 : 3. DOMESTIC ARTS. 147 before and behind the threads of the warp. Afterwards they weredriven close together by the batten (<nrd8r}), a possible example ofwhich is the toothed bone object seen in this Case (No. 431). Various specimens of ancient cloth are shown…
Civilization, Greek and Roman · Classical antiquities
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