KM474 (Late Roman-Early Byzantine Window Pane) [permalink]
Type
Inventoried Object
Material description
Semitransparent, light green with a tinge of blue (PMS 346/347). Numerous small to medium, spherical and elongated bubbles, some opening at surface.
Technique
Blown-cylinder or “muff” process.
Logical part of
Greek-American Excavations at Koutsongila Inventoried Objects
Typological identification
Window Pane
Description
Broad glass windowpane. Glossy on one side and matte on other. Even thickness slightly thickening to rounded edge.
Preservation description
One small fragment. Slight abrasion and slight feather cracking; slight dulling.
Published as
Papageorgiouetal2022, pp. 977-979, 1041, no. 674, fig. 20.34
Maximum preserved dimension
0.04
Thickness
0.001
Chronology comment
Context: late third quarter 5th-mid-6th century
Chronology comment
Type: Middle Roman-Early Byzantine
Explanation of deposition
Represents collapse of Octagon.
Material
Glass (Material)
In Excavated Unit
Locus TRB0913-009
Location in unit
Over floor in southwest ambulatory near pier. Disturbed by World War II ditch from adjacent structural collapse debris.
Drawing
Photograph