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Loom weight with gem impressions
Greek
Hellenistic Period
3rd–1st century B.C.
Medium/Technique
Terracotta
Credit Line
Gift of Edward Perry Warren
Accession Number13.122
CollectionsEurope, Jewelry, Ancient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsTools and equipment – Textile- and costume-making
DescriptionTop-shaped piece of clay pierced twice, and with three impressions from an intaglio gem representing a woman seated to right before a thymiaterion.
ProvenanceBy date unknown: with Edward Perry Warren (according to Warren's records: Bought at Dardanelles.); gift of Edward Perry Warren to MFA, January 2, 1913