KM328 (Iron blade) [permalink]
Type
Inventoried Object
Logical part of
Greek-American Excavations at Koutsongila Inventoried Objects
Typological identification
Bladed Tool (knife)
Description
Iron blade. Long, slender iron strip, with gently curving sides and one rounded end. Both edges are blunt but the one on inside of curve seems slightly thinner or sharper(?).
Preservation description
Five joining fragments preserve one end and middle blade but total length is uncertain. Heavy rust; slight encrustation.
Published as
Panelas2022, pp. 1070, 1095, no. 723, fig. 22.14
Preserved length
0.148
Thickness
0.002
Thickness
0.004
Width
0.017
Width
0.024
Chronology comment
Roman-Byzantine
Explanation of deposition
Dropped by pedestrian or worker? Residual?
Material
Iron (Material)
In Excavated Unit
Locus TRA0804-006
Location in unit
Lower fill inside passageway on south slope, next to KC062, at 58 cm from the east limit and 5 cm from the north limit of trench.
Drawing
Photograph