KM385 (Middle-Late Roman Glass square bottle) [permalink]
Type
Inventoried Object
Material description
Semitransparent, light greenish yellow (PMS 617/618). Sparse medium, elongated bubbles.
Technique
Free-blown.
Logical part of
Greek-American Excavations at Koutsongila Inventoried Objects
Typological identification
Glass Bottle
Comparanda
sim. AgoraXXXIV, pp. 110, 132-133, nos. 284, 285, 295, ill. 8, fig. 17, pl. 25 (267 CE or slightly later); pp. 165-166, nos. 386, 387, 389, ill. 10, fig. 21, pl. 34 (late 4th-6th century)
Description
Square bottle. Plain, flat base with rounded edge and almost flat bottom.
Preservation description
One fragment preserves small part of lower body and <50% of base. Very slight pitting and very slight chipping.
Published as
Papageorgiouetal2022, pp. 970, 1032, 1034, no. 659, fig. 20.27
Maximum preserved dimension
0.048
Preserved height
0.025
Preserved width
0.023
Chronology comment
3rd-6th century
Explanation of deposition
Residual in fill inside WWII foxhole.
Material
Glass (Material)
In Excavated Unit
Locus TRB0911-002
Location in unit
Fill in WWII foxhole in north central trench.
Drawing
Photograph