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) |