KA057 (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 on face has two raised bands tracing wide arc (D. 0.003). Within arc is uncertain design resembling a leaf from a fleur-de-lis. Carving is crisp. Back has raised panel (W. 0.017; D. 0.005) for attachment to wall. This stone and several others probably comprised a framed panel with three medallions in a row.
Preservation description
One large fragment broken on all sides preserves front and back. Slight chipping; very slight, very sparse encrustation.
Published as
RifeAndrikou2022b, pp. 1164, 1186, 1187, no. 892, figs. 24.7, 24.25
Preserved length
0.152
Preserved width
0.097
Thickness
0.02
Chronology comment
Context: ca. 470/475–545/555 CE
Explanation of deposition
Original parietal decoration of Octagon, but displaced by WWII ditch.
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