KA024 (Roman Brick with Canine Pawprints) [permalink]
Type
Inventoried Object
Material description
7.5YR 7/6, reddish yellow. Hard, medium-fine clay with rare to uncommon, small, rounded to angular, white and black inclusions and scattered, very small, subrounded voids.
Logical part of
Inventoried Objects from the Greek-American Excavations at Koutsongila
Typological identification
Brick
Description
Middle portion of large brick has full impression of small canine paw and partial impression of another.
Preservation description
One large fragment broken on all sides preserves front and back. Heavy, somewhat extensive chipping around edges; slight, extensive encrustation.
Published as
RifeAndrikou2022b, pp. 1163, 1185, 1186, no. 890, fig. 24.24
Preserved length
0.161
Preserved thickness
0.009
Preserved width
0.129
Chronology comment
Dated Roman
Belongs to Historical Period
Roman (Historical Period)
Material
Ceramic (Material)
Has visual motif (depicts)
Dog or Wolf (Visual Motif)
Photograph