KI026 (Early-Middle Roman Ashlar with Inscribed Letter) [permalink]

Type

Inventoried Object

Material description

Pale buff, medium-coarse limestone with a sandy composition and striated texture. Local source.

Technique

Surface preserves scattered tooling marks from a narrow-gauge claw chisel. One small epsilon cut at oblique angle near edge of one face. Finely and sharply cut.

Writing transcription

Ⲉ

Logical part of

Greek-American Excavations at Koutsongila Inventoried Objects

Typological identification

Mark (architecture)

Published as

Rife2022e, pp. 1196, 1198-1199, no. 913, fig. 25.1

Letter height

0.022

Preserved length

0.291

Thickness

0.151

Width

0.462

Associated with Burial Context

Koutsongila Grave 58

Chronology comment

Early to Middle Roman? (1st–2nd century). Dated by comparanda, paleography.

Explanation of deposition

Early-Middle Roman block recycled for incorporation in Late Antique burial enclosure.

Belongs to Historical Period

Early Roman (Historical Period)

Belongs to Historical Period

Middle Roman (Historical Period)

Material

Limestone (Material)

In Excavated Unit

Locus G58-002

Location in unit

Ashlar block built upright into southwest wall of cist of Grave 58, next to right side of head of the young woman 58A. Single inscribed letter on stone’s face turned into grave.