Kenchreai Archaeological Archive
KM355 (Early-Middle Roman Bone Pin)
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Type
Inventoried Object
Technique
Finely crafted and highly polished.
Logical part of
Greek-American Excavations at Koutsongila Inventoried Objects
Typological identification
Worked Bone
Description
Thin bone pin tapers slightly toward one end.
Preservation description
One fragment broken at both ends preserves 33% of shaft. Scattered pitting and patches of black discoloration.
Published as
GrahamReese2022
, pp. 1239-1240, 1248, no. 970
Diameter
0.003
Preserved length
0.025
Chronology comment
Context dated Early-Middle Roman
Belongs to Historical Period
Early Roman (Historical Period)
Belongs to Historical Period
Middle Roman (Historical Period)
Material
Bone (Material)
Drawing
Photograph