Identified by the museum as net weights, rather than loomweights.
From the Villanovan site of 'Gran Carro', submerged below the Lago di Bolsena, 9th c. BCE.
Museo territoriale del lago di Bolsena, Bolsena, Italy
Inv. MTLB 0395, 0715, 1190, 1191.
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Identified in the case as a "spatola da telaio," a sword-beater (Greek σπάθη) for compressing the weft while loom weaving.
From the Villanovan site of 'Gran Carro', submerged below the Lago di Bolsena, 9th c. BCE.
Museo territoriale del lago di Bolsena, Bolsena, Italy
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From the Villanovan site of 'Gran Carro', submerged below the Lago di Bolsena, 9th c. BCE.
Museo territoriale del lago di Bolsena, Bolsena, Italy
Inv. MTLB 1205-1206.
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From the Villanovan site of 'Gran Carro', submerged below the Lago di Bolsena, 9th c. BCE.
Behind, a modern reproduction.
Museo territoriale del lago di Bolsena, Bolsena, Italy
Inv. MTLB 1205-1206.
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4th-3rd c. BCE
From domestic contexts at Centocamere, Epizephyrian Lokroi (on Pleiades; PECS-Perseus; Attalus; Wikipedia)
Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Locri Epizefiri (ArcheoCalabriaVirtual, Locri Antica)
Soprintendenza per i Beni Archeologici della Calabria
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