Corinth Object: MF 13233
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   MF 13233
Title:   EH II LOOMWEIGHT
Category Code:   MF
Object Number:   13233
Description:   Loomweight, of type often called spindle whorls. Roughly conical going slightly concave towards top. Bottom rounded slightly; depressed at top around hole.
Decoration:   Finger marks visible on exterior, and scant traces of possible fugitive light-olive green slip.
Material:   Semi-fine fabric, dark and light inclusions; fired dark green-gray tending to buff in some places.
Condition:   Fragment. Single fragment broken in half along vertical axis. Fired-darkened after breaking.
Dimensions Actual:   H. 0.047, Diam. of hole 0.009
Dimensions Preserved:   W. 0.052
Period:   Early Helladic
Chronology:   Early Helladic II
Bibliography:   Hesperia, Suppl. VIII, 1949, pl. 63, bottom, left center
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Publication: Capps, Hesperia Supplements 8, 1949
Notebook Page: NB 554, spread 7 (pp. 2 - 3)