KA056 (Late Roman Bluish-Gray Schistose Marble Revetment) [permalink]
Type
Inventoried Object
Logical part of
Greek-American Excavations at Koutsongila Inventoried Objects
Typological identification
Revetment
Description
Revetment slab has two raised bands (D. 0.003) tracing narrow arc that circumscribes sharp leaf of fleur-de-lis. Carving is crisp and symmetrical. This stone and a few others probably made up a framed panel with imbricated double bands around fleurs-de-lis.
Preservation description
One small fragment broken on all sides preserves front and back. Slight chipping; very slight, extensive encrustation.
Published as
RifeAndrikou2002, pp. 1165, 1166, 1189, 1190, no. 899, figs. 24.9, 24.27
Preserved length
0.076
Preserved width
0.076
Thickness
0.01
Chronology comment
Context: ca. 470/475–545/555 CE
Explanation of deposition
Original parietal decoration of Octagon, but displaced by WWII trench.
Belongs to Historical Period
Late Roman (Historical Period)
Material
Bluish Gray Schistose Marble (Material)
In Excavated Unit
Locus TRB0910-001
Location in unit
Displaced by World War II ditch from structural collapse debris in north ambulatory of Octagon.
Drawing
Drawing
Photograph