KM269 (Early-Middle Roman Imported Glass Large Bottle) [permalink]
Type
Inventoried Object
Material description
Semitransparent, blue with a tinge of green (PMS 7459). Sparse pinprick and medium, elongated bubbles.
Technique
Free-blown.
Logical part of
Greek-American Excavations at Koutsongila Inventoried Objects
Typological identification
Glass Bottle
Description
Large bottle. Thick wall. Broad rim folded out, up, and in, pinched, and flattened to create large, tubular rim. Cylindrical neck. Probably northern Italian or central European product.
Preservation description
One fragment preserves small part of rim and neck. Slight abrasion and slight pitting; slight milky iridescence.
Published as
Papageorgiouetal2022, pp. 969, 1032, 1033, no. 655, fig. 20.27
Maximum preserved dimension
0.028
Preserved height
0.014
Estimated rim diameter
0.064
Chronology comment
Second half 1st-3rd century
Explanation of deposition
Represents Early–Middle Roman activity in Building B3 before erection of Octagon?
Material
Glass (Material)
In Excavated Unit
Locus TRB0911-006
Location in unit
Late Roman colluvium over ground north of Octagon in south trench.
Drawing
Photograph