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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;otlichnik, post: 5361085, member: 109731&quot;]You are absolutely right.&nbsp; I first saw the spinning whorls / loom weights argument made in Peng Xinwei.&nbsp; I would have to check back to see which he said - it might have been loom weights and I made the mistake on spinning whorls - not sure and not sure what Chinese loom weights are like.&nbsp; (Interestingly I have seen, and in fact own, almost identical looking weights that came from Roman and Near Eastern contexts.&nbsp; Interesting how identical these utilitarian objects can be.)</p><p><br /></p><p>Other authors do mention, as you point out, the jade discs as another possibility.&nbsp; I am curious as to what is know about their use an origin?</p><p><br /></p><p>SC[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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