KA054 (Late Roman Bluish-Gray Schistose Marble Revetment) [permalink]
Type
Inventoried Object
Technique
Carving is somewhat blunt and relief is shallow.
Logical part of
Inventoried Objects from the Greek-American Excavations at Koutsongila
Typological identification
Revetment
Description
Revetment slab has heavy fascia around outside (W. 0.039) and inside another narrower fascia (W. 0.009). Space between two fasciae preserves shallow, broad chisel marks. This frame encloses panel with spiral motif in corner. There might well have been rows of medallions linked by three knots each.
Preservation description
Two joining fragments broken on three sides preserve front, back, and outer (top?) edge. Slight to moderate, extensive patches of encrustation.
Published as
RifeAndrikou2022b, pp. 1164, 1165, 1188, no. 897, figs. 24.8, 24.26
Preserved length
0.28
Preserved width
0.134
Thickness
0.025
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