KA065 (Limestone Ground Stone) [permalink]
Type
Inventoried Object
Material description
Medium-light-colored, coarse, igneous rock with biotite and feldspar inclusions, probably granite. Exotic source.
Logical part of
Inventoried Objects from the Greek-American Excavations at Koutsongila
Typological identification
Ground Stone Tool
Description
Dense, hard stone with a long, rectilinear form and one curved edge. Shape and material suggest that this was a grinding implement, though the evenly rounded edge might indicate that this was an architectural element.
Preservation description
One large, cuboid fragment preserves four sides but two are broken. Minute, sparse scoring; thin patches of glossy orangish brown discoloration on one face (iron oxide?).
Published as
RifeAndrikou2022b, p. 1194, no. 912, fig. 24.21
Preserved length
0.129
Preserved width
0.078
Thickness
0.04
Chronology comment
Early 6th century to ca. A.D. 545/555.
Material
Limestone (Material)
Drawing
Photograph