KM223 (Early-Middle Roman Bone Pin) [permalink]
Type
Inventoried Object
Material description
Cut from mammalian long bone.
Technique
Heavily weathered but extant surface reveals fine polishing.
Logical part of
Inventoried Objects from the Greek-American Excavations at Koutsongila
Typological identification
Pin
Description
Thin bone pin tapers toward both ends, slightly offset from longitudinal axis of shaft. Uncertain whether this had ornamental head.
Preservation description
One fragment broken at both ends preserves most of shaft. Heavy, extensive pitting and slight longitudinal fracturing; slight, sparse encrustation.
Published as
GrahamReese2022, pp. 1239-1240, 1247, no. 968, fig. 28.5
Diameter
0.003
Diameter
0.006
Preserved length
0.071
Chronology comment
Context dated mid-1st-mid-3rd century
Material
Worked Bone
Drawing
Photograph