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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:left;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi:embed'>Dear Erik,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:left;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi:embed'>I sent the photo of your object and the drawing of the vertical loom to Dr. Orit Shamir, the textile expert of the Israel Antiquities Authority, and this is her answer:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:36.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi:embed'><![if !supportLists]><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>1.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span><![endif]><span dir=LTR></span>She does not think it was used in the textile industry as in such objects the holes should be in a very straight line.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:36.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi:embed'><![if !supportLists]><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>2.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span><![endif]><span dir=LTR></span>She knows of no evidence of tablet weaving in the Neolithic period; also in tablet- or card-weaving the work can be done with the cards only, no need of any other utensil.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:36.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi:embed'><![if !supportLists]><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>3.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span><![endif]><span dir=LTR></span>The drawing of the vertical loom does not seem logical or correct to her.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:18.0pt;text-align:left;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi:embed'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:18.0pt;text-align:left;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi:embed'>So I think that belt divider is the best offer.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:18.0pt;text-align:left;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi:embed'>Etan <o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>