KM229 (Intact Tun or Cask Shell: container? souvenir?) [permalink]
Type
Inventoried Object
Logical part of
Greek-American Excavations at Koutsongila Inventoried Objects
Typological identification
Worked Shell
Description
Nearly complete tun or cask shell (Tonna galea). Mostly smooth, almost polished exterior surface. Perhaps used as tool for shoveling or scooping? Container? Souvenir?
Preservation description
Intact except for large elliptical chip in top of body and small chips in lip. Very slight, sparse encrustation.
Published as
GrahamReese2022, pp. 1241, 1248, 1249, no. 972, fig. 28.6
Length
0.164
Width
0.125
Explanation of deposition
Represents Early-Middle Roman activity in Building B3.
Material
Shell (Material)
In Excavated Unit
Locus TRB0805-023
Location in unit
Middle to lower (sixth) level of fill with mixed debris in well, west room B3-I.
Photograph
Photograph