KM274 (Iron blade) [permalink]

Type

Inventoried Object

Logical part of

Greek-American Excavations at Koutsongila Inventoried Objects

Typological identification

Bladed Tool (knife)

Comparanda

cf. SardisM9, p. 97, no. 63.28:5352, fig. 547 (J. S. Crawford; Byzantine Shops E 17, Late Roman-Early Byzantine)

Description

Iron blade. Short, slender, flat, with straight sides and rounded ends. Both edges are blunt, in places squared off. Spatula or knife?

Preservation description

Five fragments, three joining, preserve roughly two-thirds(?) of blade but total length is uncertain. Heavy rust; slight encrustation.

Published as

Panelas2022, pp. 1070, 1095, no. 722, fig. 22.14

Preserved length

0.168

Shank thickness

0.002

Shank thickness

0.004

Width

0.024

Chronology comment

Late Roman-Early Byzantine

Explanation of deposition

Residual(?) in Byzantine-Post-Byzantine sediment.

Material

Iron (Material)

In Excavated Unit

Locus T02-013

Location in unit

In northeast corner of chamber of Tomb 2.

Drawing

Photograph