Weaving Tool

This appears to be a tool used for weaving textiles on a loom, sometimes called a ‘pin beater’. This bone tool was used to push up the weft yarns to create tighter fabric. From the 1924 excavations of the Egypt Exploration Society at the royal city of Tell el-Amarna, which flourished during the reign of King Akhenaten in the 18th Dynasty. CONDITION NOTE (1998): Label sellotaped to surface, in two pieces held together with sellotape, scratched, surface dirt.