Database

Clay weight

Title Clay weight

Description The weight has an approximately pyramidal shape and it presents a circular orifice on its upper side. Clay weight was used for keeping tense the textile threads which were to be woven using a vertical loom. These types of artefacts are often found in almost all the Dacian period settlements. Find spot: Costeşti - Cetăţuie Dimensions: Height – 15,1 cm; Width – 11,5 cm.; Material: clay, coarse brick-red paste, containing mica, chaff and pebbles. Execution technique: hand-built

Geographic coverage Latitude:45° 40' 50; Longitude: 23° 09' 20

Historical Date 1st century BC.

Time Period Dacian Era

ID V 76

Scan Type 3D

Scan Format 3DPDF

Digitization Method

Language Romanian

Rights CC BY-NC-ND

Source National Museum of Transylvanian History, Cluj-Napoca

Data Provider National Museum of Transylvanian History, Cluj-Napoca

Provider Romania