KA059 (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 in shape of triangular point; flat face with beveling (D. 0.004) broken along two diverging grooves. This stone and several others probably made up a framed panel with three medallions in a row

Preservation description

One small fragment broken on all sides preserves front and back. Very slight, very sparse encrustation.

Published as

RifeAndrikou2022b, pp. 1164, 1187, 1188, no. 896, figs. 24.7, 24.25

Preserved length

0.061

Preserved width

0.047

Thickness

0.01

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