Collection: | Corinth | |
Type: | Object | |
Name: | MF 14503 | |
Title: | LOOMWEIGHT, PROFILE VIII WITH STAMP | |
Category Code: | MF | |
Object Number: | 14503 | |
Description: | Loomweight with contracted flat bottom, flaring to bevel, contracting toward tip with straight profile, lower half of horizontal suspension hole. | |
Decoration: | Stamp: Oval stamp above bevel: lion facing left, head turned back, right forepaw raised, short tail. For stamp on loomweight with similar dimension, see MF-1972-38. | |
Material: | Fine clay, fired buff at surface to slightly gray-brown at core. | |
Munsell Color: | Slightly redder than 2.5Y 7.5/3 to near 10YR 7/4 | |
Condition: | Missing parts. Single fragment, missing tip to suspension hole, large chip in body,multiple chips in bevel and part of bottom | |
Chronology: | Context: Roman | |
Area: | Acrocorinth Sanctuary of Demeter and Kore | |
Context: | NB279, LOT 2019 | |
Provenance: | Corinth | |
Bibliography: | Klinger, 2021, Corinth XVIII.8, no.175 | |
Site: | Acrocorinth | |
City: | Ancient Corinth | |
Country: | Greece | |
References: | Monument: Acrocorinth Sanctuary of Demeter and Kore Image: digital 2015 1170 Basket: NB279 |