Collection: | Corinth | |
Type: | Object | |
Name: | MF 14546 | |
Title: | LOOMWEIGHT WITH MARK | |
Category Code: | MF | |
Object Number: | 14546 | |
Description: | Loomweight with flat bottom, flaring to high bevel, tapering to blunt tip. Pierced for suspension 0.023 m. below tip. Surface carefully smoothed. | |
Writing: | inscribed. Incised on side just above bevel, with blunt-tipped instrument: Gamma (?) consisting of one short horizontal stroke, below which but not touching, a short vertical stroke; impressed dot to right. | |
Material: | Fine clay fired pinkish buff to darker. | |
Munsell Color: | 7.5YR 6/5 | |
Condition: | Complete or intact. Intact except for large chip along bevel. | |
Weight Description: | 0.2826 | |
Weight: | 0.2826 | |
Period: | 4th c. B.C. | |
Area: | Agora south central | |
Context: | NB160 | |
Provenance: | Corinth | |
Site: | Corinth | |
City: | Ancient Corinth | |
Country: | Greece | |
References: | Monument: Agora south central Image: digital 2021 0290 Image: digital 2021 0291 |