- KE 872 (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 192
- Typological identification
- Loom Weight
- Comparanda
- cf. Ke0871-Mi0191
- 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. Distinctly pointed top and somewhat sharp edges. Flat to slightly concave bottom. Small hole pierces wall near top. 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
- Intact. Slight, sparse abrasion with slight, extensive abrasion; rare gouging; one large crack in side; and small chips on bottom.
- Diameter
- 0.064
- Height
- 0.094
- Weight (kg)
- 0.258
- 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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- Photograph
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- Photograph
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“KE 872 (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/ke0872>
