15

Loom Weight

Origin

Monte Padrão, Monte Córdova, Santo Tirso

Material

Common ware ceramic. Well-levigated, compact fabric with homogeneous firing. Very abundant non-plastic inclusions, consisting of mica, quartz, crushed ceramic and ferruginous elements. Surfaces smoothed and well polished, slightly irregular. Dark brown fabric (R69).

Description

Parallelepiped loom weight of rectangular section, with a lateral perforation. Flat and slightly asymmetrical faces, with very rounded edges. The perforation has a straight profile and is aligned with the axis.

Classification and chronology

Type ... / Monte Padrão / Phase VI/VII

Deposit

MMAP [PAD. II, X, 232]

Bibli.

MOREIRA 2007, 106.