| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Object | |
| Name: | MF 2007 7 | |
| Title: | CONICAL LOOMWEIGHT PROFILE VIII INSCRIBED WITH SIGMA | |
| Category Code: | MF | |
| Year: | 2007 | |
| Object Number: | 7 | |
| Description: | Conical loomweight with slightly concave base, shallow bevel (H. of bevel from base 0.012), slightly convex sides, single pierced suspension hole, H. 0.061 from base, self-slipped. Similar to profile VIII (Corinth XII, fig. 23). | |
| Writing: | inscribed. Four bar sigma, at center of base, H. of letter 0.016. | |
| Material: | Fine pink clay, few medium angular spherical black, few medium rounded spherical white lime, and rare rounded tabular red inlcusions. | |
| Munsell Color: | Surface and core: 7.5YR 8/4 (pink) | |
| Condition: | Complete or intact. Single piece, small chips missing from apex of cone, slight gouging and staining of surface. | |
| Manufacture: | HM | |
| Dimensions Actual: | Diam. at bevel 0.062, Diam. at base 0.052 | |
| Dimensions Preserved: | H. 0.083 | |
| Weight Description: | 0.230 | |
| Weight: | 0.230 | |
| Period: | 5th c. B.C. | |
| Chronology: | 450-400 B.C. (Corinth XII, p. 153) | |
| Area: | Panaghia north | |
| Context: | NB986 B56 P146 | |
| Provenance: | Corinth | |
| Findspot Description: | Loomweight levels: E-417.185, N-978.484, el-91.085 | |
| Site: | Corinth | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| References: | Monument: Panaghia north Image: bw 2007 021 11 Image: bw 2007 021 12 Basket: NB986 B56 P146 |
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