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
Greek-American Excavations at Koutsongila Inventoried Objects
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 small 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
Th. 0.002 (a, b, c, d, e, f, j, k), 0.001 (g, h, i, l)
Other Dimensions
max.pres.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)
Chronology comment
Context: late third quarter 5th-mid-6th century
Chronology comment
Type: Middle Roman-Early Byzantine
Explanation of deposition
Represents design of Octagon up to its destruction.
Material
Glass (Material)
In Excavated Unit
Locus TRB0911-006
Location in unit
On top of Late Roman colluvium over ground north of Octagon in central to south trench, with KM468.
Drawing
Photograph