| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Object | |
| Name: | MF 14455 | |
| Title: | LOOMWEIGHT, PROFILE XI/XII | |
| Category Code: | MF | |
| Object Number: | 14455 | |
| Old Number: | Lot 2161:5 (number lapsed) | |
| Description: | Loomweight with slender proportions, high rounded bevel only slightly greater than diameter of bottom, tapering to blunt tip; bottom indented. Suspension hole 0.07 from bottom. Corinth XII profile XI? | |
| Material: | Moderately fine clay with ca. 2-3% fine mudstone inclusions, fine voids. Traces of fine surface slip. | |
| Munsell Color: | 10YR 7/4 | |
| Condition: | Complete profile. Missing 4/5 of bottom. | |
| Weight Description: | 0.257 | |
| Weight: | 0.257 | |
| Period: | Hellenistic | |
| Chronology: | Context: pottery early 4th c. B.C.; loomweight at least 2/2 3rd if not 1/2 2nd c. B.C. | |
| Area: | Acrocorinth Sanctuary of Demeter and Kore | |
| Context: | NB282 B6 P43, LOT 2161 | |
| Bibliography: | Klinger, 2021, Corinth XVIII.8, no. 218 | |
| Site: | Acrocorinth | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| References: | Monument: Acrocorinth Sanctuary of Demeter and Kore Image: digital 2014 5466 |