Terracotta loom weight

ca. 575–525 BCE
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 171
The geometric decoration shows a rather even balance between glazed and reserved areas. It recalls the checkerboard patterns on the shrouds depicted in Geometric representations of the prothesis (laying out of the dead). One wonders whether the pattern on the loomweight echoed, in simpler form, that of the textiles being woven.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Terracotta loom weight
  • Period: Late Corinthian
  • Date: ca. 575–525 BCE
  • Culture: Greek, Corinthian
  • Medium: Terracotta
  • Dimensions: H.: 1 11/16 x 2 1/16 in. (4.3 x 5.2 cm)
  • Classification: Terracottas
  • Credit Line: Fletcher Fund, 1926
  • Object Number: 26.60.58
  • Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art

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