KA046 (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 fascia along bottom and two raised bands (ca. D. 0.003) tracing narrow arc that circumscribes fleur-de-lis. This stone and a few others probably made up a framed panel with imbricated double bands around fleurs-de-lis.
Preservation description
Two joining fragments broken on all sides preserve front and back. Moderate, extensive encrustation.
Published as
RifeAndrikou2022b, pp. 1165, 1189, 1190, no. 898, figs. 24.9, 24.27
Preserved length
0.119
Preserved width
0.093
Thickness
0.013
Chronology comment
Context dated 470/475–545/555 CE
Belongs to Historical Period
Late Roman (Historical Period)
Material
Bluish Gray Schistose Marble (Material)
Drawing
Drawing
Photograph