- KE 871 (Late Classical-Early Hellenistic Conical Loom Weight) [permalink] [next] [show more links]
- Type
- Inventoried Object
- Logical part of
- Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Objects
- Subject number
- Mi 191
- Typological identification
- Loom Weight
- Comparanda
- cf. Ke0872-Mi0192
- Comparanda
- cf. CorinthXII, pp. 154, 167, no. 1140, fig. 25, pl. 75 (G. R. Davidson; dated “400-350 B.C.“(?))
- Description
- Conical loom weight tapering at inflection near bottom. Slightly concave base. Shallow stamp on lower face, impressed from gemstone but lightly so that details are indistinct: oval around relief (probably) of draped Aphrodite kneeling right.
- Preservation comment
- One large fragment preserves lower 50% of object. Slight, extensive abrasion with frequent scratching; deep cracks radiating out from gouges concentrating at bottom; worn breaks.
- Diameter
- 0.0634
- Preserved height
- 0.0373
- Belongs to Historical Period
- Early Hellenistic (Historical Period)
- Belongs to Historical Period
- Late Classical (Historical Period)
- Material
- Ceramic (Material)
- Has visual motif (depicts)
- Aphrodite/Venus (Visual Motif)
- Photograph
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- Photograph
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“KE 871 (Late Classical-Early Hellenistic 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/ke0871>
