Warp-weighted loom

It is depicted in artifacts of Bronze Age Greece and was common throughout Europe, remaining in use in Scandinavia into modern times.

Loom weights from the Bronze Age were excavated in Miletos, a Greek city in Anatolia.

[6] For yet unknown reasons, the warp-weighted loom diminished in popularity and disappeared from common use.

So when the heddle rod is pulled out and placed in the forked sticks protruding from the posts (not lettered, no technical term given in citation), the shed (1) is replaced by the counter-shed (2).

This allows the weaver to walk back-and-forth while working, so that wider cloth can be woven than is practical on a ground loom.

On Ancient Greek vase paintings, two weavers, most often women, are shown working side-by-side on the warp-weighted loom.