| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Object | |
| Name: | MF 2015 80 | |
| Title: | CONICAL LOOMWEIGHT | |
| Category Code: | MF | |
| Year: | 2015 | |
| Object Number: | 80 | |
| Description: | Loomweight with flat bottom to body in two degrees, lower body convex to max. diam., then tapers to rounded point at apex. Slighly squared in profile. Oval suspension hole pierced through 0.002 below apex. Similar to type Profile XI MF-2767 (Davidson 1952, Corinth 12, cat. 1180). | |
| Decoration: | Surface smoothed and possibly slipped. | |
| Material: | Pale yellow clay with few small angular tabular black, rare small-medium subrounded tabular white and orange inclusions and few small voids. | |
| Munsell Color: | 2.5Y 8/3 (pale yellow) | |
| Condition: | Complete or intact. Intact, except for few very small chips. | |
| Manufacture: | MM | |
| Weight Description: | 0.028 | |
| Weight: | 0.028 | |
| Period: | Classical | |
| Chronology: | 4th c. BC based on context, comparanda ca. 250 BCE according to Corinth 12 | |
| Area: | South Stoa | |
| Context: | South Stoa, context 262, LOT 2015 064 | |
| Provenance: | Corinth | |
| Site: | Corinth | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| References: | Monument: South Stoa Image: digital 2015 3794 Image: digital 2015 3795 Basket: South Stoa, context 262 |
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