Collection: | Corinth | |
Type: | Object | |
Name: | KN 119 | |
Title: | STAMPED CONICAL LOOMWEIGHT | |
Category: | Minor Finds | |
Category Code: | KN | |
Object Number: | 119 | |
Description: | 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 just above bevel; immediately below this, on the bevel, rectangular stamp of MELIS. Similar to KN 116 from the same deposit. | |
Decoration: | Oval stamp of conical loomweight just above bevel. | |
Writing: | stamp. Rectangular stamp on bezel, Greek: | |
Material: | Medium clay, very pale brown at surface and reddish yellow in core, with common medium to large angular and subrounded inclusions and few small voids | |
Munsell Color: | Ext.: 10YR 8/3 (very pale brown); Core: 5YR 7/6 (reddish yellow) | |
Condition: | Complete or intact. Complete; one large, shallow gash | |
Manufacture: | WM | |
Weight Description: | 0.281 | |
Weight: | 0.281 | |
Period: | 4th c. B.C. | |
Chronology: | ca. 350-325 B.C. (Stillwell 1952, Corinth 15.2, p. 24) | |
Area: | Potters' Quarter | |
Context: | NB114 P4 | |
Findspot Description: | Potters' Quarter, Terracotta Factory, Court, Deposit 2 | |
Bibliography: | Stillwell 1952, Corinth 15.2, cat. 38, p. 279 | |
Site: | Corinth | |
City: | Ancient Corinth | |
Country: | Greece | |
References: | Monument: Potters' Quarter Images (4) |