KA052 (Early-Middle Roman Marble Base Molding) [permalink]
Type
Inventoried Object
Material description
Bright white to pale gray, fine, calcite marble with thin black streaks and visible crystalline structure. Possibly Pentelic.
Logical part of
Greek-American Excavations at Koutsongila Inventoried Objects
Typological identification
Decorative molding or relief
Description
End of base molding. Face has heavy fascia (L. 0.024) below two shallow cavettos sloping slightly inward (average D. 0.007). Broad groove along top surface and two patches of mortar on top left edge mark where adjacent element (a panel?) was attached.
Preservation description
One long fragment broken on one end. Slight, sparse chipping along top edge; slight, sparse encrustation.
Published as
RifeAndrikou2022b, pp. 1148, 1176-1177, no. 876, fig. 24.16
Preserved length
0.3
Preserved width
0.065
Other Dimensions
Th. 0.043-0.052
Associated with Building
Koutsongila Building B3
Explanation of deposition
Probably decoration of Building B3.
Belongs to Historical Period
Early Roman (Historical Period)
Belongs to Historical Period
Middle Roman (Historical Period)
Material
Marble (Material)
In Excavated Unit
Locus TRB0913-002
Location in unit
Uppermost fill in WWII ditch in south central trench.
Drawing
Photograph