- KE 1406 (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 319
- Typological identification
- Loom Weight
- Comparanda
- cf. CorinthXII, pp. 154, 167, no. 1142, fig. 25 (G. R. Davidson; dated “400-350 B.C.“(?))
- Description
- Conical loom weight with inflection near bottom. Shallow stamp on lower face, impressed from gemstone but lightly so that design is indistinct: oval around relief (possibly) of satyr standing right.
- Preservation comment
- One large fragment reserves ca. 40% from lower part and one side of object. Slight, extensive abrasion with uncommon flaking and rare but severe chipping along edges; worn breaks.
- Preserved height
- 0.0564
- Preserved width
- 0.0527
- Belongs to Historical Period
- Early Hellenistic (Historical Period)
- Belongs to Historical Period
- Late Classical (Historical Period)
- Material
- Ceramic (Material)
- Has visual motif (depicts)
- Mythological Animal (Visual Motif)
- Photograph
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“KE 1406 (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/ke1406>
