KM445 (Late Roman-Early Byzantine Glass flask or jug) [permalink]
Type
Inventoried Object
Material description
Transparent, yellowish greenish colorless (PMS 380). Sparse pinprick bubbles.
Technique
Free-blown.
Logical part of
Greek-American Excavations at Koutsongila Inventoried Objects
Typological identification
Glass Free-Blown Flask or Jug
Comparanda
sim. MartyPeppers1979, pp. 279-280, 430, no. ICon2, fig. 83:b (globular body; Tower 10, Isthmia)
Description
Flask or jug. Cylindrical neck widening toward mouth and body.
Preservation description
One fragment preserves ca. 50% of middle neck. Slight chipping; numerous patches of brown to black staining.
Published as
Papageorgiouetal2022, pp. 966, 1030, 1031, no. 647, fig. 20.26
Maximum preserved dimension
0.046
Estimated neck diameter
0.031
Preserved height
0.038
Associated with Burial Context
Koutsongila Grave 55
Chronology comment
5th-7th century
Explanation of deposition
Funerary offering with burial.
Material
Glass (Material)
In Excavated Unit
Locus G55-001
Location in unit
Uppermost fill in opening to cist below rubble capping.
Drawing
Photograph