KE 1031 (Late Classical-Early Hellenistic Conical Loom Weight) [permalink] [next] [show fewer 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
Photograph