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- Type
- Inventoried Object
- Writing transcription
- I (?)
- Logical part of
- Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Objects
- Subject number
- Mi 548
- Typological identification
- Loom Weight
- Comparanda
- cf. CorinthXII, pp. 151, 152, 163, no. 1079, fig. 24 (G. R. Davidson; dated “late sixth or early fifth century B.C.“(?))
- Description
- Conical loom weight with rounded top, slight tapering of body near bottom, and slight dimple in base. Small hole pierces through wall near top. Thick letter written at inflection before firing: large iota (or vertical stroke).
- Preservation comment
- Intact. Slight, extensive abrasion with uncommon scratching and rare gouing. Large area of darker discoloration: postdepositional.
- Diameter
- 0.0585
- Height
- 0.0862
- Weight (kg)
- 0.213
- Belongs to Historical Period
- Classical (Historical Period)
- Belongs to Historical Period
- Hellenistic (Historical Period)
- Material
- Ceramic (Material)
- Pagescan
- Photograph
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- Photograph
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- Photograph
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“KE 2000 (Classical-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/ke2000>
