KM164 (Middle Roman-Early Byzantine Glass Small Cylindrical Bead) [permalink]
Type
Inventoried Object
Material description
Translucent, light to dark green trail (PMS 372/373-350) in opaque, light orangish yellow glass (PMS 1205). Sparse medium, spherical bubbles.
Technique
Rod-formed bead. Trail spirally applied and marvered; trimmed.
Logical part of
Greek-American Excavations at Koutsongila Inventoried Objects
Typological identification
Glass Bead
Comparanda
cf. CorinthXII, pp. 290, 294, nos. 2482, 2483, pl. 122 (G. Davidson; Late Roman–Byzantine?)
Description
Small bead. Cylindrical but tapering at ends, mostly round in section but cut along sides, unevenly perforated lengthwise. Trail of pale to dark green glass embedded in surface of pale yellow bead. Perhaps from necklace or bracelet.
Preservation description
Intact. Slight abrasion; large patches of encrustation on sides.
Published as
Papageorgiouetal2022, pp. 981, 1042, no. 678, fig. 20.36
Diameter
0.005
Length
0.016
Width
0.003
Width
0.007
Associated with Burial Context
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Associated with Burial Context
Koutsongila Grave 33
Chronology comment
Context: late 5th-6th century
Chronology comment
Type: Middle Roman-Early Byzantine
Explanation of deposition
Funerary adornment perhaps for adult 33A, worn on a necklace or bracelet, but mourners later displaced it to one side probably when they buried one of children 33B and 33C.
Material
Glass (Material)
In Excavated Unit
Locus G33-002
Location in unit
Lower fill along southwest wall of cist with displaced bones of adult 33A.
Drawing
Photograph