Corinth Object: MF 14503
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