KM218 (Early-Middle Roman Silver Earring) [permalink]

Type

Inventoried Object

Logical part of

Greek-American Excavations at Koutsongila Inventoried Objects

Typological identification

Earring

Conservation

2008 (June 28): slight mechanical cleaning with scalpel and distilled water but deemed too fragile for further conservation (Nikol Anastasatou).

Description

Very thin wire with circular section shaped as open loop with an eye-and-hook clasp. A short, spiral segment of wire winds around lower part of loop.

Preservation description

Intact. Moderate to heavy corrosion.

Published as

Panelas2022, p. 283, no. 688, fig. 22.2

Diameter

0.015

Thickness

0.001

Thickness

0.002

Explanation of deposition

Funerary adornment, but graverobbers later displaced it here from cist below.

Belongs to Historical Period

Early Roman (Historical Period)

Belongs to Historical Period

Middle Roman (Historical Period)

Material

Silver (Material)

In Excavated Unit

Locus T07-040

Location in unit

Over central to east covering of Loculus 7-VI.

Drawing

Photograph