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
Greek-American Excavations at Koutsongila Inventoried Objects
Typological identification
Pin
Typological identification
Worked Bone
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
Bone (Material)
In Excavated Unit
Locus T07-042
Drawing
Photograph