KA046 (Late Roman Bluish-Gray Schistose Marble Revetment) [permalink]
Type
Inventoried Object
Technique
Carving is crisp and symmetrical.
Logical part of
Greek-American Excavations at Koutsongila Inventoried Objects
Typological identification
Revetment
Description
Revetment slab has fascia along bottom and two raised bands (ca. D. 0.003) tracing narrow arc that circumscribes fleur-de-lis. This stone and a few others probably made up a framed panel with imbricated double bands around fleurs-de-lis.
Preservation description
Two joining fragments broken on all sides preserve front and back. Moderate, extensive encrustation.
Published as
RifeAndrikou2022b, pp. 1165, 1189, 1190, no. 898, figs. 24.9, 24.27
Preserved length
0.119
Preserved width
0.093
Thickness
0.013
Chronology comment
Context: 470/475–545/555 CE
Explanation of deposition
Original parietal decoration of Octagon.
Belongs to Historical Period
Late Roman (Historical Period)
Material
Bluish Gray Schistose Marble (Material)
In Excavated Unit
Locus TRB0910-004
Location in unit
At bottom of structural collapse debris in north chamber of Octagon.
Drawing
Drawing
Photograph