KE 1896 (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 517
Typological identification
Loom Weight
Comparanda
cf. CorinthXII, pp. 154, 167, no. 1142, fig. 25, pl. 75 (G. R. Davidson; dated “400-350 B.C.“(?))
Description
Conical loom weight tapering at inflection near bottom; slightly asymmetrical. Flat bottom. Small hole pierces through wall near top. Shallow stamp at inflection, impressed from gemstone but incompletely to left and below: oval around relief (probably) of satyr standing right.
Preservation comment
Intact but large chip in one lower side. Slight, somewhat extensive abrasion with minor flaking and pitting; worn breaks; scattered specks of encrustation.
Diameter
0.0657
Height
0.091
Weight (kg)
0.255
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
Photograph
Photograph
Suggested citation
“KE 1896 (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/ke1896>