Fragment of clay loom weight

Details

• Title

  Fragment of clay loom weight

• Associated people

  Percy Manning (1870 - 1917) (field collector)

• Associated place

  Europe › United Kingdom › England › Oxfordshire › Cherwell District › Shipton-on-Cherwell and Thrupp › Shipton-on-Cherwell › Bunkers Hill Quarry (find spot)

• Date

  Anglo-Saxon Period (AD 400 - 1066)

• Material and technique

  baked clay

• Material index

  inorganic › mineral › baked clay

• Object type

  production/replication › textile crafts › weaving equipment › loom-weight

• Dimensions

  11.5 cm (diameter)
  4.3 cm (depth)

• No. of items

  1

• Credit line

  Purchased from C J Manning in 1921, from the collection of Mr Percy Manning.

• Museum location

  not on display

• Museum department

  Antiquities

• Accession no.

  AN1921.91

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