Corinth Object: MF 2005 24
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   MF 2005 24
Title:   STAMPED CONICAL LOOMWEIGHT
Category Code:   MF
Year:   2005
Object Number:   24
Description:   Conical loomweight with flat base, low bevel H. 0.015, convex sides tapering to rounded top; top of suspension hole is 0.015 from top. Profile as MF 2230 (Corinth XII, p. 168, no. 1151, pl. 74).
Writing:   stamp. Stamp of a loomweight above the bevelling, NIKO backwards below the bevelling. As MF 2230 (Corinth XII, p. 168, no. 1151, pl. 74).
Material:   Fine pink clay with rare large spherical rounded white lime, few medium dark red and brown inclusions.
Munsell Color:   Between 7.5 YR 8/3 (pink) and 7.5 YR 8/4 (pink)
Condition:   Complete or intact. Intact with a few chips missing, bevelled edge slightly worn.
Manufacture:   MM
Dimensions Actual:   H. 0.070, Diam. 0.052, Diam. at bottom 0.039, Diam. of hole 0.005
Weight Description:   0.130
Weight:   0.130
Period:   4th c. B.C.
Chronology:   350-300 B.C.
Area:   Panaghia south
Context:   NB972 B5 P18, LOT 2005 006
Provenance:   Corinth
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Monument: Panaghia south
Image: bw 2005 026 22
Image: bw 2005 027 05
Image: digital 2019 0670
Basket: NB972 B5 P18