| Inventory Number: | PNW 89 | |
| Title: | Pyramidal Loom Weight: Incised | |
| Description: | Sides almost equal. Sharp angles. Once side scratched: HEPAKLHS (after firing). The combination of Attic and Ionic letter forms in the one word is notable. H is used to devote both the spiritual after and the eta, the Attic lambda also shows that `ionic influence was still somewhat tentative. To judge from the 4-barred sigma, the inscription is likely to be later than 446 BC; how much later it is hard to say. Probably before the end of the 5th century, since the letters were incised after firing, the weight was obviously not originally a dedication. It is, however an unusually well-made specimen. Glaze: black on top and sides, blob on bottom. Clay: reddish-buff, with little mica. | |
| Conservation Status: | Finished | |
| Context: | Assembly Place, filling of Period III. | |
| PD Number: | DA 13423 | |
| Dimensions: | H. 0.056 | |
| Date: | 1930 | |
| Bibliography: | Hesperia Suppl. 7 (1943), p. 82, 87, no. 85, fig. 33. | |
| References: | Publication: Hesperia Suppl. 7 (1943) Images (6) Card: PNW 89 |
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