KM244 (Roman Marble Small Mortarium) [permalink]
Type
Inventoried Object
Material description
Pale grayish white to bright white, medium-grained marble with visible crystalline structure. Exotic source.
Logical part of
Greek-American Excavations at Koutsongila Inventoried Objects
Typological identification
Stone Mortarium
Comparanda
sim. CorinthXII, pp. 123–124, no. 822, fig. 19 (same general form; 1st century CE)
Comparanda
sim. SalonaIII, pp. 44, 49, fig. 62:7 (Late Roman)
Description
Small mortar. Thick-walled body flaring slightly to plain, flat rim with interior edge slightly offset. Just below rim is heavy lug handle (W. 0.045) with flat upper surface and three angled panels on underside.
Preservation description
One fragment broken on all sides preserves rim and one handle. Slight, sparse abrasion; slight, sparse encrustation. One deep gouge from pick during excavation.
Published as
GrahamReese2022, pp. 1238, 1244, no. 958, fig. 28.3
Preserved length
0.084
Estimated rim diameter
0.19
Rim Height
0.01
Wall thickness
0.013
Explanation of deposition
From activity in area?
Material
Marble (Material)
In Excavated Unit
Locus TRB0910-001
Location in unit
Topsoil over northwest Octagon.
Drawing
Photograph
Photograph