KA022 (Early-Middle Roman Limestone Support, Base, or Leg) [permalink]
Type
Inventoried Object
Material description
Yellowish white, medium-coarse, soft, sandy limestone with striated structure. Local source.
Logical part of
Greek-American Excavations at Koutsongila Inventoried Objects
Typological identification
Seat
Description
Support perhaps for seat, klinê, or table. Broad rectangular base, slightly asymmetrical, with sharp grooves cut across top has narrower, roughly square leg. Irregular socket cut horizontally into base (D. 0.043).
Preservation description
Almost intact but bottom broken. Moderate, extensive abrasion and heavy, extensive pitting and gouging.
Published as
RifeAndrikou2022b, pp. 1168, 1192-1193, no. 909, fig. 24.28
Height
0.121
Base Height
0.051
Body Height
0.056
Body Height
0.082
Base Length
0.071
Width
0.049
Base Width
0.066
Explanation of deposition
Furniture for initial ritual activity in building.
Belongs to Historical Period
Early Roman (Historical Period)
Belongs to Historical Period
Middle Roman (Historical Period)
Material
Limestone (Material)
In Excavated Unit
Locus TRA0707-002
Location in unit
Lower fill over north Building A1 near bench feature.
Drawing
Photograph
Photograph