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.
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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.
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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.
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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.