Harvard Art Museums > 1977.216.269: Loom Weight Tools and Equipment Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Loom Weight , 1977.216.269,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Dec 22, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/287579. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 1977.216.269 Title Loom Weight Classification Tools and Equipment Work Type weight Culture Greek Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/287579 Location Location Level 3, Room 3620, University Study Gallery View this object's location on our interactive map Physical Descriptions Medium Terracotta Dimensions 8.34 x 5.02 cm (3 5/16 x 2 in.) Provenance Recorded Ownership History Purchased at Athens. Gift of George Pfeiffer to the Department of the Classics, 1905. Transfer from the Department of the Classics, 1977. Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Transfer from the Department of the Classics, Harvard University, Gift of Pfeiffer-Hartwell Collection Accession Year 1977 Object Number 1977.216.269 Division Asian and Mediterranean Art Contact am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Descriptions Description Pear-shaped piece of pink clay, hole pierced below point or top on weight. Part of the Pfeiffer-Hartwell collection, purchased in Athens. On one side, above the bulge of maximum thickness, is an oval stamp depicting an amphora. Below the stamp, under the curve of the bulge, is an incompletely impressed oblong stamp which depicts three Greek letters: gamma, lamda, upsilon, possibly followed by fourth. The letters are sprawling but neatly made. This was presumably a weight for a loom or a net, compare Hesperia XVIII.4 (1949) pl. 101 no.126 of the late fifth century. (HSCP vol. 72, 1968) Exhibition History 32Q: 3620 University Study Gallery, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 09/02/2023 - 12/30/2023; Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 01/20/2024 - 05/05/2024; Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 08/31/2024 - 01/05/2025 Verification Level This record was created from historic documentation and may not have been reviewed by a curator; it may be inaccurate or incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of Asian and Mediterranean Art at am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
