Corinth Object: KN 216
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   KN 216
Title:   CONICAL LOOMWEIGHT
Category:   Minor Finds
Category Code:   KN
Object Number:   216
Description:   Conical loomweight with slightly concave resting surface, straight bezel, and sightly concave walls; single hanging hole; three impressed triangular dots at carination of bezel, located 90 degrees from hanging hole. Similar to Davidson 1952, Corinth 12, cat. 1123.
Decoration:   Three impressed triangular dots at carination of bezel.
Material:   Medium clay under a fine very pale brown slip with few small inclusions and few medium voids
Munsell Color:   10YR 8/4 (very pale brown)
Condition:   Missing parts. Complete, some very minor surface damage
Manufacture:   WM
Weight Description:   0.274
Weight:   0.274
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. 45, p. 279
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Monument: Potters' Quarter