- KM291 (Iron nail) [permalink]
- Type
- Inventoried Object
- Logical part of
- Greek-American Excavations at Koutsongila Inventoried Objects
- Typological identification
- Nail
- Description
- Iron spike. Thick, long shank with rectangular to rounded section. Very large, wide, circular(?), tall domed head.
- Preservation description
- Two nonjoining fragments preserve head and segments of the upper and lower shank. Heavy rust; moderate, sand encrustation (mortar?).
- Published as
- Panelas2022, pp. 1077, 1111-1112, no. 772, fig. 22.24 (Type XII)
- Head diameter
- 0.038
- Preserved length
- 0.086
- Shank thickness
- 0.009
- Shank thickness
- 0.018
- Explanation of deposition
- Represents funerary activity?
- Material
- Iron (Material)
- In Excavated Unit
- Locus T02-012
- Location in unit
- Byzantine-Post-Byzantine colluvium in southeast corner of chamber in front of Loculus 2-I.
- Photograph
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