KA058 (Late Roman Bluish-Gray Schistose Marble Revetment) [permalink]
Type
Inventoried Object
Logical part of
Greek-American Excavations at Koutsongila Inventoried Objects
Typological identification
Revetment
Description
Revetment slab has two heavy fasciae (p.W. 0.013, 0.018; D. 0.005) delimited by deep, sloping grooves. This frame encloses panel with two raised bands (D. 0.004) that trace wide arc. This stone and several others probably made up a framed panel with three medallions in a row.
Preservation description
Two joining fragments broken on all sides preserve front and back. Very slight, extensive encrustation.
Published as
RifeAndrikou2022b, pp. 1164, 1186-1187, no. 893, figs. 24.7, 24.25
Preserved length
0.11
Preserved width
0.055
Thickness
0.013
Chronology comment
Context: ca. 470/475–545/555 CE
Explanation of deposition
Original parietal decoration of Octagon, but displaced by WWII ditch.
Belongs to Historical Period
Late Roman (Historical Period)
Material
Bluish Gray Schistose Marble (Material)
In Excavated Unit
Locus TRB0910-001
Location in unit
Displaced by World War II ditch from structural collapse debris in north ambulatory of Octagon.
Drawing
Drawing
Photograph