Corinth Object: MF 13234
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   MF 13234
Title:   EH II LOOMWEIGHT
Category Code:   MF
Object Number:   13234
Description:   Loomweight of type often called spindle whorl. Rounded squat-conical, top not parallel to bottom.
Material:   Semi-coarse fabric, dark and light inclusions, micaceous; fired deep brownish brick red.
Condition:   Fragment. Single fragment broken in half along vertical axis. Post-discarding incrustation (lime?).
Dimensions Actual:   H. 0.034, W. 0.047
Dimensions Restored:   Diam. of hole 0.010
Period:   Early Helladic
Chronology:   Early Helladic II
Bibliography:   Hesperia, Suppl. VIII, 1949, pl. 63 (bottom, right)
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Publication: Capps, Hesperia Supplements 8, 1949
Notebook Page: NB 553, spread 53 (pp. 95 - 96)