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Small dagger with bronze handle, iron blade, and a decorated guard.

Names were chosen to serve the exhibit on loom weights.

Puglia is highlighted in the small reference image in the upper right.

The names of the regions, and waterways identify the places mentioned in the exhibit on loom weights.

"A woman in a long sleeved, dotted chiton, a bordered himation, and sandals, with earrings, bracelets, and hair wound into a ball on the neck and fastened with a fillet, standing to right, twisting between the thumb and first finger of her right hand…

"On the shoulder, a seated woman, perhaps a goddess, is approached by four youths and eight dancing maidens. On the body, women are making woolen cloth. One of the most important responsibilities of women was the preparation of wool and the weaving…

"On each side, women working wool. Producing cloth for garments and other fabrics needed in a household was a significant task for women. It required special equipment such as a loom and loomweights as well as this utensil, known as an onos or…