- KE 1031 (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 250
- Typological identification
- Loom Weight
- Comparanda
- cf. CorinthXII, pp. 154, 166-167, no. 1128, fig. 25, pl. 75 (G. R. Davidson; dated “ca. 400 B.C.“(?))
- Description
- Conical loom weight tapering at inflection near bottom. Pointed, rounded top. Small hole pierced through wall near top. Small, shallow stamp above inflection, impressed from gemstone upside down: oval around relief (probably) of rooster to right.
- Preservation comment
- One large fragment preserves ca. 35% of one side of object. Slight, somewhat extensive abrasion with somewhat sparse pitting and minor gouging; worn breaks.
- Height
- 0.0835
- Preserved width
- 0.0361
- Belongs to Historical Period
- Early Hellenistic (Historical Period)
- Belongs to Historical Period
- Late Classical (Historical Period)
- Material
- Ceramic (Material)
- Has visual motif (depicts)
- Chicken (Visual Motif)
- Photograph
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- Photograph
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“KE 1031 (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/ke1031>
