| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Object | |
| Name: | MF 1976 148 | |
| Title: | TERRACOTTA LOOMWEIGHT PROFILE XII | |
| Category Code: | MF | |
| Year: | 1976 | |
| Object Number: | 148 | |
| Description: | Conical loomweight with flat bottom in so far as preserved, tall slender body with max. diameter at ca. 0.035 m above bottom, above which flattened slightly on front and back, tapering to rounded tip; large suspension hole 0.027 m below tip, opening deformed and enlarged on one side. For shape see Corinth XII p. 149, fig. 23, p. 156, profile XII. Note on basket: either from 645 B75 or 645 B77. See MF 1976 149. | |
| Material: | Light brown clay with ca. 3% medium sized white, gray, mudstone inclusions. | |
| Munsell Color: | Between 7.5YR 6/4 and 10YR 6/4 | |
| Condition: | Complete profile. Missing ca. half body from mid ht. down, virtually all of bottom. | |
| Weight Description: | 0.233 | |
| Weight: | 0.233 | |
| Period: | Hellenistic | |
| Chronology: | Late Hellenistic, context Tiberian. | |
| Area: | Forum southwest | |
| Context: | NB645 B75 P68 | |
| Provenance: | Corinth | |
| Site: | Corinth | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| References: | Monument: Forum southwest |
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