| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Object | |
| Name: | MF 2005 47 | |
| Title: | STAMPED CONICAL LOOMWEIGHT | |
| Category Code: | MF | |
| Year: | 2005 | |
| Object Number: | 47 | |
| Description: | Conical loomweight with slightly concave base, high bevelling, convex sides tapering to a pointed top, single transverse suspension hole 0.016 from top. Profile X, as MF 2848 (Corinth XII, p. 169, no. 1168, fig. 23). | |
| Writing: | stamp. Below bevelling, rectangular stamp, | |
| Material: | Coarse very pale brown clay, with pink firing cloud covering one half of surface, with frequent medium to very large spherical and tabular angular mudstone and crog, rare medium rounded white lime inclusions. | |
| Munsell Color: | Clay: Between 7.5YR 8/4 (pink) and 10YR 8/4 (very pale brown). Firing cloud between 2.5YR 7/4 (light reddish brown) and 5YR 7/4 (pink). | |
| Condition: | Complete or intact. Intact. | |
| Manufacture: | MM | |
| Dimensions Actual: | H. 0.093, Diam. of base 0.042, max. Diam. 0.065 | |
| Weight Description: | 0.244 | |
| Weight: | 0.244 | |
| Period: | 4th c. B.C. | |
| Chronology: | Profile: c. 350-300 B.C., Stamp appears on loom weights with profile dated to c. 300-250 B.C. | |
| Area: | Panaghia south | |
| Context: | NB972 B11 P26, LOT 2005 006 | |
| Provenance: | Corinth | |
| Site: | Corinth | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| References: | Monument: Panaghia south Image: bw 2006 007 13 Image: bw 2006 010 32 Image: digital 2021 0332 Basket: NB972 B11 P26 |
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