KM325 (Roman Marble Bowl) [permalink]
Type
Inventoried Object
Material description
Bright to creamy white, fine to medium-grained marble. Exotic source.
Logical part of
Greek-American Excavations at Koutsongila Inventoried Objects
Typological identification
Stone Bowl or Platter
Description
Large, shallow bowl. Flat base with small, rounded edge and widely flaring lower wall. Junction of base with wall shows scoring with awl(?).
Preservation description
One small fragment broken on all sides preserves base and lower wall. Slight, sparse abrasion; slight, sparse encrustation.
Published as
GrahamReese2022, pp. 1238, 1243-1244, no. 956, fig. 28.2
Estimated base diameter
0.13
Preserved length
0.091
Wall thickness
0.014
Explanation of deposition
Residual.
Material
Marble (Material)
In Excavated Unit
Locus G37-001
Location in unit
Upper fill inside cist.
Drawing
Photograph