| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Object | |
| Name: | KN 119 | |
| Title: | STAMPED CONICAL LOOMWEIGHT | |
| Category: | Minor Finds | |
| Category Code: | KN | |
| Object Number: | 119 | |
| Description: | Conical loomweight with flat underside and bevel, sides fairly straight with slight concave curve near top; single hanging hole at top; at 45 degrees from hanging hole, oval stamp of a loomweight situated just above bevel; immediately below this, on the bevel, rectangular stamp of MELIS. Similar to KN 116 from the same deposit. | |
| Decoration: | Oval stamp of conical loomweight just above bevel. | |
| Writing: | stamp. Rectangular stamp on bezel, Greek: | |
| Material: | Medium clay, very pale brown at surface and reddish yellow in core, with common medium to large angular and subrounded inclusions and few small voids | |
| Munsell Color: | Ext.: 10YR 8/3 (very pale brown); Core: 5YR 7/6 (reddish yellow) | |
| Condition: | Complete or intact. Complete; one large, shallow gash | |
| Manufacture: | WM | |
| Weight Description: | 0.281 | |
| Weight: | 0.281 | |
| Period: | 4th c. B.C. | |
| Chronology: | ca. 350-325 B.C. (Stillwell 1952, Corinth 15.2, p. 24) | |
| Area: | Potters' Quarter | |
| Context: | NB114 P4 | |
| Findspot Description: | Potters' Quarter, Terracotta Factory, Court, Deposit 2 | |
| Bibliography: | Stillwell 1952, Corinth 15.2, cat. 38, p. 279 | |
| Site: | Corinth | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| References: | Monument: Potters' Quarter Images (4) |
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