| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Object | |
| Name: | MF 14469 | |
| Title: | CONICAL LOOMWEIGHT WITH INCISED MARK | |
| Category Code: | MF | |
| Object Number: | 14469 | |
| Old Number: | Lot 2038:7 | |
| Description: | Conical loomweight with flat bottom, low rounded bevel tapering to tip. Horizontal suspension hole ca. 0.018 below tip. Ratio of bevel to height: 10.3% | |
| Writing: | inscribed. Incised on bottom before firing: 2 arcs enclosing dot. | |
| Material: | Fine buff clay, grayer at core, with patches of tan on surface | |
| Munsell Color: | 2.5Y 8/2 to slightly redder than 10YR 7/4 | |
| Condition: | Complete profile. Complete profile, missing large chip from mid body to tip; worn, edges rounded. Inventoried from Lot 2038. | |
| Weight Description: | 144 g (incomplete) | |
| Weight: | 144 | |
| Chronology: | Context: 4th to 6th century A.D. | |
| Area: | Acrocorinth Sanctuary of Demeter and Kore | |
| Context: | NB279 B2 P90, LOT 2038 | |
| Provenance: | Corinth | |
| Findspot Description: | Inventoried from lot: possibly also from NB498 P72 B67 and NB498 P81 B75 | |
| Bibliography: | Klinger, 2021, Corinth XVIII.8, no. 191 | |
| Site: | Acrocorinth | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| References: | Monument: Acrocorinth Sanctuary of Demeter and Kore Image: digital 2015 1183 Image: digital 2015 1184 |
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