Locus TRA0701-007 [permalink]
Type
Locus
In excavation trench
Trench A-07-01
Logical part of
Loci
Published as
Rifeetal2022, pp. 29-30
Contents of Unit
COINS: reduced follis of Constantine I from Constantinople (ca. 333 CE; KC031); bronze coin of Arcadius? (383-408 CE; KC030).
Contents of Unit
LAMP. (14 frr., 0.036 kg): 3 Italian: 1 discus, 1 handle, 1 body; 1 Italian triangular handle shield (KL055); 1 Athenian early glazed discus (animal?); 9 unknown body.
Contents of Unit
POTTERY. Greek (35 frr., 0.589 kg): 23 Corinthian fine ware (Late Geometic/Early Protocorinthian pomegranate vase stem, KP123); 1 juglet/lekythos rim; 4 bowl rims, including Hellenistic echinus bowl; 1 pitcher handle; 4 cup handles; 1 jug base; 1 cup base; 1 plate base; 8 cup/bowl body; 1 closed-shape body), 2 Attic fine ware (1 Hellenistic fish plate; 1 cup rim), 1 gray ware (cup rim), 4 Corinthian molded relief ware (1 Hellenistic bowl rim with double relief lines; 1 Hellenistic bowl body with floral rosette; 1 Hell “shield” bowl body, KP119; 1 Hellenistic bowl body with nail rouletting), 2 Corinthian coarse ware (1 lekane handle; 1 body), 2 Knidian amphora (stamped handles, KP122 and KP124), 1 nondiagnostic body.
Contents of Unit
POTTERY. Roman (2,783 frr., 2 vessels, 44.74 kg): standard colluvial assemblage, date range to Late Roman. Few ESA, ESB, Italian sigillata stamp D[OME]STICV(S) | [T]ITI (KP118), Knidian gray-ware bowl, 1 African red slip; unslipped pitcher; mostly utilitarian, incl Early Roman regional basin (KP133), basin/jar; many cooking ware, including Early-Middle Roman casserole (KP120), everted rim stewpot (KP121), 4 Late Roman cooking ware; many Campanian, Rhodian, Dressel 2-4, Pamphylian (KP156), early MWJ/MRA3, combed amphora.
Contents of Unit
SMALL FINDS. Glass (21 frr.): 1 rim, dark reddish orange (brown, small, folded out, up, and in and flattened); 1 rim, light greenish yellow (thickened, fire-polished lip); 1 rim, light greenish yellow (small, outwardly folded, tubular lip); 1 rim, light blue (ribbed bowl with slightly flaring rim, ground down on exterior); 1 body, light blue (short-ribbed bowl); 2 body, light yellowish green; 2 body, blue, thin; 5 body, light blue, thin; 5 body, colorless, thin; 1 base, light blue, thin (concave bottom); 1 base, light blue, thick.
Contents of Unit
SMALL FINDS. Metal: 135 total: 1 intact bronze nail (Type V; KM156); 3 nonjoining frr. bronze nails, including 1 intact with octagonal, slightly convex head (Type II; L. 0.070, Th. shank 0.006, W. head 0.018), 1 shank bent almost at right angle (p.L. 0.035, Th. 0.004), and 1 shank (p.L. 0.030, Th. 0.005); 26 iron nails (Type VII; KM005a1-a36, joins TRA0701-009); 1 iron nail (Type VIII; KM005b1, b2, joins TRA0701-009); 34 iron nails (Type VII/VIII; KM005c1–c54, joins TRA0701-009); 45 iron hobnails (Type XI; KM005d1-d46, joins TRA0701-009); 17 iron spikes (Type XII; KM005e1-e26, joins TRA0701-009); 8 irregular, nonjoining frr. iron nail shanks.
Explanation of deposition
Mixture of upper level, pyre debris, west and north pockets, with Roman-Late Antique colluvium on south ridge.
In Deposit or Stratum
Koutsongila Deposit A1a
In Deposit or Stratum
Koutsongila Deposit A1b
In Deposit or Stratum
Koutsongila Stratum A2
Location in unit
Middle level across entire trench.
Uninventoried Type Present
Basin, Bin, Pail, or Tub
Uninventoried Type Present
Campanian Amphora, Unclassified
Uninventoried Type Present
Dressel 2-4 Unclassified
Uninventoried Type Present
Early Micaceous Water Jar
Uninventoried Type Present
Early-Middle Roman Italian Lamp
Uninventoried Type Present
Glass Ribbed Bowl
Uninventoried Type Present
Hellenistic Moldmade Bowl (“Megarian Bowl“)
Uninventoried Type Present
Jar
Uninventoried Type Present
Knidian Gray Ware
Uninventoried Type Present
Middle Roman Amphora 3
Uninventoried Type Present
Middle-Late Roman Athenian lamp, early glazed
Uninventoried Type Present
Nail
Uninventoried Type Present
Pitcher or Jug
Uninventoried Type Present
Rhodian Amphora
Uninventoried Type Present
Unclassified African Red Slip
Uninventoried Type Present
Unclassified Cooking Ware
Uninventoried Type Present
Unclassified Eastern Sigillata A
Uninventoried Type Present
Unclassified Glass
Uninventoried Type Present
Unclassified Lamp
Uninventoried Type Present
Unclassified Late Antique Combed Amphora
Uninventoried Type Present
Unclassified Pottery
Uninventoried Type Present
Unclassified Utilitarian Ware
Linked to

KL055 (Early Roman Italian Lamp, handle ornament)

KM005a1-a36 (Iron nails)

KM005b1, b2 (Iron nails)

KM005c1-c54 (Iron nails)

KM005d1-d46 (Iron Hobnails)

KM005e1-e26 (Iron nails)

KM156 (Bronze nail)

KP118 (Italian Sigillata Cup with Stamp)

KP119 (Middle Hellenistic Corinthian Molded Relief Ware, Concentric-Semicircle or “Shield” Bowl)

KP120 (Early-Middle Roman Casserole)

KP121 (Early-Middle Roman Imported Cooking Pot)

KP122 (Middle Hellenistic Knidian Amphora, Stamped)

KP123 (Corinthian Pomegranate Vase in Late Geometric/Early Protocorinthian Style)

KP124 (Middle Hellenistic Knidian Amphora, Stamped)

KP133 (Early Roman Regional Basin)

KP156 (Early Roman Pamphylian Amphora)