KM162 (Late Roman-Early Byzantine Bronze pendant cross) [permalink]

Type

Inventoried Object

Technique

Cast.

Logical part of

Greek-American Excavations at Koutsongila Inventoried Objects

Typological identification

Pendant

Comparanda

cf. FischerOenbrink2010, p. 222, no. B33, fig. 23 (Al-Qurayya in the Hauran, Early Byzantine)

Comparanda

cf. Kazanski2003, p. 27, no. 223, pl. 19 (St. Symeon Stylites [Qal’at Sem’an], Syria, Early Byzantine)

Description

Bronze pendant cross. Small, unadorned cross with arms of almost equal length, circular to oval in section. Upper arm has small, circular suspension loop.

Preservation description

Intact. Traces of bronze disease.

Published as

Panelas2022, pp. 1084-1085, 1086, no. 693, fig. 22.3

Height

0.024

Thickness

0.004

Width

0.015

Associated with Burial Context

Koutsongila Grave 33

Explanation of deposition

Funerary adornment for child 33B, worn on upper chest.

Belongs to Historical Period

Early Byzantine (Historical Period)

Belongs to Historical Period

Late Roman (Historical Period)

Material

Bronze (Material)

Has visual motif (depicts)

Christian Cross (Visual Motif)

In Excavated Unit

Locus G33-002

Location in unit

Lower fill inside central to southwest cist, directly east of fragmentary subadult cranium and mandible and over upper thoracic vertebra of 33B (bluish green cuprous staining).

Drawing

Photograph

Photograph