- KTH0189 (Piriform Loom Weight) [permalink] [next] [show more links]
- Type
- Inventoried Object
- Logical part of
- Threpsiades Inventoried Objects
- Typological identification
- Loom Weight
- Description
- Piriform loom weight with slightly narrow profile. Small concave base (Diam. 0.025-0.028 m). Rounded(?) top. Hole pierces through tapering body near top.
- Fabric, firing, and surface description
- Pale buff (2.5Y 8/6, yellow). Coarse, somewhat hard fabric with frequent varied, small to large subrounded to angular inclusions, brown, gray, and red rocks, black flecks (carbon?), and bits of burned straw. Unslipped. Cf. Ke1884-Mi0513.
- Preservation comment
- One large fragment preserves most of object but missing apex. Slight, extensive abrasion.
- Preserved height
- 0.081
- Thickness
- 0.056
- Width
- 0.064
- Material
- Ceramic (Material)
- Drawing
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“KTH0189 (Piriform Loom Weight).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2024. <http://kenchreai.org/kth/kth0189>
