KM275 (Early-Middle Roman Bronze Finger Ring) [permalink]

Type

Inventoried Object

Logical part of

Greek-American Excavations at Koutsongila Inventoried Objects

Typological identification

Finger Ring

Description

Bronze ring. Simple loop made from thin bronze wire of almost uniform thickness with circular section. Thickening toward top with rounded projections but no distinct bezel or visible engraving.

Preservation description

Intact. Slight bronze disease.

Published as

Panelas2022, pp. 1081, 1082, no. 684, fig. 22.1

Diameter

0.021

Thickness

0.006

Thickness

0.009

Explanation of deposition

Funerary adornment for adult, but early graverobbers later displaced here from adjacent loculus 2-II, 2-III, 2-IV, or 2-V.

Belongs to Historical Period

Early Roman (Historical Period)

Belongs to Historical Period

Middle Roman (Historical Period)

Material

Bronze (Material)

In Excavated Unit

Locus T02-014

Location in unit

Late Roman–Early Byzantine colluvium in west chamber of Tomb 2.

Drawing

Photograph