- KA001 (Roman Marble Revetment) [permalink] [show more links]
- Type
- Inventoried Object
- Logical part of
- Kenchreai Cemetery Project Inventoried Objects
- Typological identification
- Revetment
- Description
- Moderately fine-grained, brecciated marble, reddish purple ground with large white inclusions (plagioclase feldspar). Probably breccia corallina (from Bithynian quarries). Substantial rectangular fragment from the edge of a plaque of marble revetment. Flat plaque that is polished on the face and slightly rougher on the back. One preserved edge has a thin, raised lip for delimitation (0.037 m Th, 0.004 m W).
- Preservation comment
- One large fragment broken on three sides. Sparse, slight scoring and chipping; slight, sparse encrustation.
- Preserved length
- 0.158
- Preserved thickness
- 0.023
- Preserved width
- 0.076
- Has geographic origin
- Asia Minor
- Belongs to Historical Period
- Roman (Historical Period)
- Material
- Marble (Material)
- Drawing
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- Photograph
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“KA001 (Roman Marble Revetment).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2024. <http://kenchreai.org/kcp/ka001>
