| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Object | |
| Name: | MF 2003 7 | |
| Title: | STAMPED TERRACOTTA CONICAL LOOMWEIGHT | |
| Category Code: | MF | |
| Year: | 2003 | |
| Object Number: | 7 | |
| Description: | Biconical loomweight with narrow slightly concave bottom, slightly rounded flaring body to bevel at H00.020, curved sides above bevelling tapering to tip where horizontal suspension hole; Profile IX-X, cf. Corinth XII, no 1152. | |
| Decoration: | Light brown slip over all. | |
| Writing: | stamp. Stamped above the bevelling in oval stamp, a lomweight, below the bevelling in rectangular stamp, | |
| Material: | Medium-coarse reddish yellow clay with few medium to very large black, red, and lime inclusions and voids, and few medium silver sparkling inclusions. | |
| Munsell Color: | Clay: 7.5YR 8/4; slip: between 10YR 8/2 and 2.5YR 8/2. | |
| Condition: | Complete or intact. Complete except for small chip missing from the tip, numerous cracks on the surface, traces of burning below bevelling. | |
| Manufacture: | MM | |
| Dimensions Actual: | H00.085 D00.035 (base) D00.060 (max) | |
| Weight Description: | 00.220 | |
| Weight: | 00.220 | |
| Period: | 4th c. B.C. | |
| Chronology: | 350-300 B. C. | |
| Area: | Panaghia south | |
| Context: | NB959 B61 P152, LOT 2003 083 | |
| Provenance: | Corinth | |
| Site: | Corinth | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| References: | Monument: Panaghia south Image: bw 2003 010 11a Image: bw 2003 010 12a Image: digital 2019 0667 Basket: NB959 B61 P152 |
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