- KM230 (Segment of Triton Shell: implement? veneer? patch?) [permalink]
- Type
- Inventoried Object
- Logical part of
- Greek-American Excavations at Koutsongila Inventoried Objects
- Typological identification
- Veneer or Inlay
- Typological identification
- Worked Shell
- Description
- Thick body section from triton shell (Charonia). Roughly rectangular fragment cut along two sides; other side shows ancient break after artifact made from large shell. No abrasive wear such as from use as scraper. Perhaps cut as implement but never used? Veneer? Patch?
- Preservation description
- Slight abrasion, slight pitting; slight black speckling.
- Published as
- GrahamReese2022, pp. 1241, 1248-1249, no. 973, fig. 28.7
- Preserved length
- 0.061
- Preserved width
- 0.015
- Thickness
- 0.01
- Explanation of deposition
- Residual?
- Material
- Shell (Material)
- In Excavated Unit
- Locus TRA0804-006
- Location in unit
- Middle level of massive fill in passageway on south slope, northeast trench.
- Photograph
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