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- Type
- Inventoried Object
- Writing transcription
- ΝΙΚΟΦ
- Logical part of
- Area G (Middle Spur, north of harbor)
- Logical part of
- Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Objects
- Subject number
- MI 189
- Typological identification
- Loom Weight
- Conservation
- 1960s: joined with shellac and infilled with white plaster.
- Description
- Conical loom weight tapering at inflection near bottom. Slightly concave bottom. Rounded point. Small hole pierces through wall near top. Deep stamp on lower face, upside down: rectangle around letters in shallow relief, ΝΙΚΟΦ.
- Fabric, firing, and surface description
- Corinthian fabric.
- Preservation comment
- 12 joining fragments preserve ca. 65% of object. Slight, sparse abrasion and extensive cracking and flaking; wide, thin, sparse patches of encrustation.
- Diameter
- 0.0627
- Height
- 0.0869
- Weight (kg)
- 0.202
- Material
- Ceramic (Material)
- File
- Photograph
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“KE 869 (Conical Loom Weight).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2024. <http://kenchreai.org/ke/ke0869>
