Collection: | Corinth | |
Type: | Object | |
Name: | MF 2016 15 | |
Title: | LOOMWEIGHT PROFILE XII | |
Category Code: | MF | |
Year: | 2016 | |
Object Number: | 15 | |
Description: | Almost slightly pyramidal loomweight, with flattened sides with rounded edges, Type XII (Davidson 1952, Corinth 12, p.161). Bottom concave. Similar to MF-6636J (Davidson 1952, Corinth 12, cat. 1186) and MF-2582 (Davidson 1952, Corinth 12, cat. 1187). | |
Decoration: | Very pale brown slip. | |
Material: | Very coarse pale brown clay with abundant red and black large to very large spherical angular inclusions. | |
Munsell Color: | Fabric: 2.5Y 8/2 (pale brown); Slip 10YR 7/4 (very pale brown) | |
Condition: | Complete or intact. Complete. Chipped near top and on body. Surface weathered, slip worn mostly worn away. | |
Manufacture: | HM | |
Weight Description: | 0.261 | |
Weight: | 0.261 | |
Period: | 3rd c. B.C. | |
Chronology: | 250-146 BC, according to comparanda in Corinth 12 | |
Area: | South Stoa | |
Context: | South Stoa, context 367, LOT 2016 005 | |
Site: | Corinth | |
City: | Ancient Corinth | |
Country: | Greece | |
References: | Monument: South Stoa Image: digital 2016 3575 Basket: South Stoa, context 367 |