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| Collection: | | Corinth | | Type: | | Object | | Name: | | MF 13376 | | Title: | | LOOMWEIGHT, PROFILE VIII WITH STAMP | | Category Code: | | MF | | Object Number: | | 13376 | | Description: | | Broader than most loomweights of VIII the bottom of this loomweight is concave. | | Decoration: | | A pointed oval stamp, above the bevel, depicts a frontal nude male standing with weight on his left leg, tight leg flexed, right forearm bent and raised toward his shoulder, holding a staff(?), possible a tail of drapery covering the right shoulder and falling down by his left side. The figure's stance suggests a date no earlier than the second quarter to the second half of the 5th century B.C. | | Material: | | Clay | | Munsell Color: | | 7.5YR 8/4 | | Condition: | | Complete or intact. Intact, bevel worn on sides. | | Dimensions Preserved: | | H. 0.086; Diam. bottom 0.056; max. Diam. 0.068; H. of bevel 0.010. | | Period: | | 5th c. B.C. | | Chronology: | | Second half | | Bibliography: | | Klinger, 2021, Corinth XVIII.8, no.172 | | Site: | | Corinth | | City: | | Ancient Corinth | | Country: | | Greece |
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