| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Object | |
| Name: | MF 2001 20 | |
| Title: | TERRACOTTA CONICAL LOOMWEIGHT WITH INCISED LETTER | |
| Category Code: | MF | |
| Year: | 2001 | |
| Object Number: | 20 | |
| Description: | Conical loomweight with lightly concave bottom, body straight flaring to max. diam., then sharp contraction to pointed tip, horizontal suspension hole set 00.019 below tip, D00.004. Exterior finely slipped. No evidence of wear. | |
| Writing: | inscribed. Incised on bottom before firing: A | |
| Material: | Fine buff clay at surface, with traces of angular black mudstone inclusions below surface; core fired salmon-pink. | |
| Munsell Color: | Pinker than 10YR 8/4 core: near 7.5YR 6/6 | |
| Condition: | Intact; a few chips in surface; slip well preserved. | |
| Dimensions Actual: | H00.086 D00.045 (base) D00.064 (max) H00.014 (bevel) | |
| Weight Description: | 0.24 | |
| Weight: | 0.24 | |
| Period: | Classical | |
| Chronology: | Classical | |
| Area: | Panaghia north | |
| Context: | NB942 B49 P98 | |
| Provenance: | Corinth | |
| Site: | Corinth | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| References: | Monument: Panaghia north Image: bw 2001 020 10 Image: bw 2001 020 11 Basket: NB942 B49 P98 Notebook Page: NB 942, spread 54 (pp. 98 - 99) |
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