KM284 (Bronze nail) [permalink]
Type
Inventoried Object
Logical part of
Greek-American Excavations at Koutsongila Inventoried Objects
Typological identification
Nail
Description
Bronze nail. Moderately thin, moderately long shank with square section tapering very slightly close to tip. Moderately narrow, square, mostly flat head.
Preservation description
Intact but missing tip and slightly bent. Moderate to heavy bronze disease; slight encrustation.
Published as
Panelas2022, pp. 1075, 1099, 1100, no. 740, fig. 22.19 (Type II)
Head width
0.013
Preserved length
0.073
Shank thickness
0.003
Chronology comment
Context: Early-Middle Roman
Explanation of deposition
Represents Early-Middle Roman activity in Building B3.
Material
Bronze (Material)
In Excavated Unit
Locus TRB0905-025
Location in unit
Low (eighth) level of fill in well at end of corridor, west room B3-I.
Drawing
Photograph