Corinth Object: MF 2004 2
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   MF 2004 2
Title:   TERRACOTTA SPINDLE WHORL
Category Code:   MF
Year:   2004
Object Number:   2
Description:   Conical spindle whorl with flattened top and slightly concave bottom, as Corinth XII no. 1218.
Decoration:   Three sets of two horizontal painted bands of equal width each, one set around the base, one in the middle and one close to the top of the spindle whorl.
Material:   Fine very pale brown clay with few medium dark brown inclusions.
Munsell Color:   10YR 8/4 (very pale brown)
Condition:   Complete or intact. Intact. Small chips missing from base. Glaze worn.
Manufacture:   MM
Dimensions Actual:   H. 0.022, Diam . of base 0.029, Diam . of top 0.012, Diam . of hole 0.003
Weight Description:   0.010
Weight:   0.010
Period:   Archaic (7th-6th c.)
Area:   Panaghia south
Context:   NB962 B23 P56, LOT 2004 029
Provenance:   Corinth
Findspot Description:   Under stone in Wall 214.
Bibliography:   Sanders et al., Hesperia 83:1, 2014
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Publication: Sanders et al., Hesperia 83:1, 2014
Monument: Panaghia south
Image: bw 2004 016 17a
Image: digital 2013 0989
Image: digital 2013 0990
Basket: NB962 B23 P56
Notebook Page: NB 962, spread 33 (pp. 56 - 57)