Description (Labels & Markings)
Old label adhered reads "Robenhausen. Messikommer 1878"
Event Date
Author: Aedan Jones

Context (Related Documents)
See card for sketch.
Event Date
Author: maa

Context (Analysis)
There are clay loom weights in the Cortaillod, Michelsberg, Horgen Kultur and Schnurkeram Kultur.
Event Date
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

Context (Field collection)
Acquired from Jakob Messikommer in 1878
Event Date 1878
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

Context (References)
University of Cambridge, Museum of General and Local Archaeology. (1892). 'The Walter K. Foster Bequest. Catalogue of the Antiquities.'
Event Date 1892
Author: Aedan Jones

Description (Physical description)
?Loom weight of yellow brown dark clay. Good condition
Event Date 23/6/1992
Author: maa

Description (Physical description)
No longer in good condition. Around one third has broken away, but present.
Event Date 2000
Author: Aedan Jones

Context (References)
Leckie, Katherine. (2011). ‘Chapter 4: Storehouses of Ancient Relics’. In Collecting Swiss Lake Dwellings in Britain 1850-1900. Unpublished PhD. Department of Archaeology, University of Cambridge.
Event Date 2011
Author: Imogen Gunn

Description (Physical description)
Broken loom weight made of fired clay. Globular in shape with a flat bottom portion. A round hole is pierced through the centre for suspension. Light brown surface with dark grey fabric, Large stone and charcoal inclusions. The weight is broken into two parts and is crumbling from the centre.
Event Date 19/4/2024
Author: Aedan Jones