| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Object | |
| Name: | MF 2015 54 | |
| Title: | INSCRIBED CONICAL LOOMWEIGHT | |
| Category Code: | MF | |
| Year: | 2015 | |
| Object Number: | 54 | |
| Description: | Conical loomweight with flat bottom to biconical body with low max. diam. tapering to pointed top. One small circular stringhole pierced bilaterally below top. Shape similar to MF-2767 (Davidson 1952, Corinth 12, cat. 1180) and MF-3199 (Davidson 1952, Corinth 12, cat. 1137) (type VIII-IX). | |
| Decoration: | Smoothed surface. | |
| Writing: | inscribed. Inscribed slightly off center on bottom: X; Similar to Merker 2006, p. 68, no. 130, fig. 44. | |
| Condition: | Complete or intact. Intact, chip missing from top and one from near bevel. Dark brown substance on surface in several spots and one large chunk. | |
| Manufacture: | MM | |
| Weight Description: | 0.166 | |
| Weight: | 0.166 | |
| Period: | Classical | |
| Chronology: | npd, based on parallels | |
| Area: | South Stoa | |
| Context: | South Stoa, context 63 | |
| South Stoa, context 63, LOT 2015 087 | ||
| LOT 2015 086 | ||
| Provenance: | Corinth | |
| Site: | Corinth | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| References: | Monument: South Stoa Image: digital 2015 3788 Image: digital 2015 3789 Basket: South Stoa, context 63 |
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