KA034 (Late Roman Bluish-Gray Schistose Marble Revetment) [permalink]
Type
Inventoried Object
Technique
Carving is crisp and symmetrical.
Logical part of
Inventoried Objects from the Greek-American Excavations at Koutsongila
Typological identification
Revetment
Description
Revetment slab has one raised band (D. 0.005) tracing wide arc that circumscribes two sharp leaves of squat fleur-de-lis. Broken along groove between two raised bands. This stone might have belonged to a framed panel with fleurs-de-lis in double bands in alternating, opposing rows.
Preservation description
One small fragment preserves front and back but is otherwise broken. Slight, extensive encrustation.
Published as
RifeAndrikou2022b, pp. 1165, 1166, 1190-1191, no. 902, figs. 24.9, 24.27
Preserved length
0.064
Preserved width
0.045
Thickness
0.009
Chronology comment
Context dated ca. 470/475–545/555 CE
Belongs to Historical Period
Late Roman (Historical Period)
Material
Bluish Gray Schistose Marble (Material)
Drawing
Drawing
Photograph