KM228C (Bronze Nail) [permalink]

Type

Inventoried Object

Logical part of

Greek-American Excavations at Koutsongila Inventoried Objects

Typological identification

Nail

Description

Bronze tack. Thin, short shank with square section tapering toward tip. Large, circular, flat head.

Preservation description

Intact and slightly bent. Slight bronze disease; slight to moderate encrustation.

Published as

Panelas2022, pp. 1075, 1099, 1101, no. 743, fig. 22.19 (Type V)

Head diameter

0.026

Preserved length

0.023

Shank thickness

0.002

Shank thickness

0.004

Chronology comment

Context: early/mid-1st-first half 2nd century

Explanation of deposition

Represents cremation activity.

Material

Bronze (Material)

In Excavated Unit

Locus TRA0701-009

Location in unit

West pocket of pyre debris.

Drawing

Photograph