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[Corinth Object] KN 119: STAMPED CONICAL LOOMWEIGHT

Conical loomweight with flat underside and bevel, sides fairly straight with slight concave curve near top; single hanging hole at top; at 45 degrees from hanging hole, oval stamp of a loomweight situated ... ca. 350-325 B.C. (Stillwell 1952, Corinth 15.2, p. 24) ... stamp of MELIS. Similar to KN ... stamp. Rectangular stamp on bezel, Greek: MELIS. Cf. KN 119.