KM472 a-l (Late Roman-Early Byzantine Window Pane) [permalink]
Type
Inventoried Object
Material description
Transparent to semitransparent, shades of light yellowish green (PMS 367/7491). Numerous pinprick and small to large elongated, aligned bubbles, some opening at surface.
Technique
Blown-cylinder or “muff ” process.
Logical part of
Inventoried Objects from the Greek-American Excavations at Koutsongila
Typological identification
Window Pane
Description
Broad glass windowpane(s). Glossy on one side and matte to semiglossy on other (f, h–l), or both sides glossy (a–e, g). Even thickness narrowing to sharp, rounded edge (h–j).
Preservation description
Seventeen fragments, two joining (frr. a-l). Moderate feather cracking; slight dulling and slight milky to yellow iridescence; scattered patches of reddish brown staining.
Published as
Papageorgiouetal2022, pp. 977-979, 1039-1040, no. 672, fig. 20.33
Other Dimensions
Max. p. dim. 0.033 (a), 0.031 (b), 0.038 (c), 0.023 (d), 0.041 (e), 0.019 (f), 0.045 (g), 0.039 (h), 0.044 (i), 0.036 (j), 0.026 (k), 0.034 (l)
Other Dimensions
Th. 0.002 (a, b, c, d, e, f, j, k), 0.001 (g, h, i, l)
Chronology comment
Context dated late third quarter of 5th to mid-6th century
Material
Glass (Material)
Drawing
Photograph