KA018 (Early-Middle Roman Limestone Molded Block) [permalink]
Type
Inventoried Object
Material description
Orangish yellow to pale buff, medium-fine, sandy limestone, with numerous small porosities. Local source.
Logical part of
Greek-American Excavations at Koutsongila Inventoried Objects
Typological identification
Decorative molding or relief
Description
Lower front edge of block with molding, probably a geison. Three indistinct elements in receding sequence from top: fillet under snapped-off dentil (p.W. 0.014, H. 0.006), large ovolo (L. 0.038, H. 0.016), and cavetto with projecting upper edge (L. 0.028, D. 0.018). From same molding as KA015 and KA016.
Preservation description
One fragment broken on all sides but preserves face. Moderate to heavy, extensive pitting and gouging.
Published as
RifeAndrikou2022b, pp. 1147, 1169-1170, no. 863, fig. 24.11
Preserved length
0.105
Preserved width
0.151
Thickness
0.07
Chronology comment
Context: Early-Middle Roman (1st-3rd century)
Explanation of deposition
From architectural molding of building over tomb 10.
Material
Limestone (Material)
In Excavated Unit
Locus TRC0704-001
Location in unit
In looting pit south of tomb 10; displaced from area of dromos of tomb 10.
Drawing
Photograph
Photograph