 IAA Number: 1961-1172
 | Object's Name: Rod Ground Loom
Period: Late Chalcolithic
Material: wood
Site: Nahal Mishmar, Me`arat ha-Matmon
Lenght: 35 cm
Wide: 1.5 cm
Description: Round head seperated from body of stick by deep groove.
A part of a ground loom, a warp beam.
The round head at the end and the groove are intended to prevent the
ropes lashing the beams to the pegs from slipping off.
Bibliography: Bar-Adon P 1980. The Cave of the Treasure. The finds from the caves in Nahal Mishmar. Jerusalem, 180-179, 180: 2.
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