KM199 (Early-Middle Roman Bone Pin) [permalink]
Type
Inventoried Object
Material description
Cut from mammalian long bone.
Technique
Surface is highly polished and carving is fine (cf. KM201).
Logical part of
Inventoried Objects from the Greek-American Excavations at Koutsongila
Typological identification
Pin
Description
Thin bone pin tapers slightly toward one end.
Preservation description
One fragment broken at both ends preserves 33-50% of shaft. Slight, sparse pitting. Patch of reddish brown staining.
Published as
GrahamReese2022, pp. 1239-1240, 1246, 1247, no. 964, fig. 28.5
Diameter
0.003
Diameter
0.004
Preserved length
0.025
Chronology comment
Context dated mid-1st-mid-3rd century
Material
Worked Bone
In Excavated Unit
Locus T07-042
Drawing
Photograph