Corinth Object: MF 11330
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   MF 11330
Title:   SPINNING TOP
Category Code:   MF
Object Number:   11330
Description:   Similar to MF-14329 but of wider diameter and with a thicker pellet of gray at tip. Small hole pierce near edge was presumably made to thread a string or wire to join the object to the other half, now missing.
Handmade, hollow body, solid stem.
Material:   Fine clay, small red and gray inclusions, voids
Munsell Color:   10YR 7/4
Condition:   Missing parts. Intact half of spinning top, small chip at edge.
Dimensions Preserved:   H. 0.045; max. Diam. 0.046
Period:   Archaic (7th-6th c.)
Area:   Acrocorinth Sanctuary of Demeter and Kore
Context:   NB250 B6 P64, LOT 1985
Bibliography:   Klinger, 2021, Corinth XVIII.8, no.128
Site:   Acrocorinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Monument: Acrocorinth Sanctuary of Demeter and Kore
Image: bw 1965 017 34
Basket: NB250 B6 P64