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- Type
- Inventoried Object
- Writing transcription
- A
- Logical part of
- Area G (Middle Spur, north of harbor)
- Logical part of
- Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Objects
- Subject number
- Mi 193
- Typological identification
- Loom Weight
- Comparanda
- Marking cf. CorinthXII, pp. 151, 152, 166, no. 1118, fig. 24 (G. R. Davidson; dated “ca. 400 B.C.“(?))
- Conservation
- 1960s: joined with shellac.
- Description
- Conical loom weight tapering at inflection near bottom. Distinct point but rounded edges. Flat to slight concave bottom. Written on lower face before firing: large alpha.
- Preservation comment
- Two joining sherds preserves most of object but ca. 20% missing from side. Slight, somewhat extensive abrasion with slight scratching and pitting and one large chip; faint white patches of encrustation?
- Diameter
- 0.0533
- Height
- 0.0786
- Weight (kg)
- 0.142
- Belongs to Historical Period
- Early Hellenistic (Historical Period)
- Belongs to Historical Period
- Late Classical (Historical Period)
- Material
- Ceramic (Material)
- File
- Photograph
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- Photograph
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- Photograph
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“KE 873 (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/ke0873>
