- Locus TRA07010203-001 [permalink]
- Type
- Locus
- In excavation trench
- Trench A-07-01
- In excavation trench
- Trench A-07-02
- In excavation trench
- Trench A-07-03
- Logical part of
- Loci
- Published as
- Rifeetal2022, pp. 27-28
- Contents of Unit
- BUILDING MATERIALS. Stone (3 frr., 0.77 kg): 1 Pentelic with 1 rounded/polished edge and 1 dimpled edge (p.L. 0.077, Th. 0.027); 1 Proconnesian with 3 smoothed edges (p.L. 0.050, Th 0.009); 1 pavonazzetto (p.L. 0.015, Th 0.015). Mortar/plaster: very few, disintegrated, not quantified. Tile/brick: 357 frr., 35.97 kg (including a few yellow-slipped tiles).
- Contents of Unit
- LAMP. (2 frr., 0.020 kg): 1 Early Hellenistic Rhodian (KL047); 1 red-on-white handle/base.
- Contents of Unit
- MODERN DEBRIS. 1 plastic straw; 1 Band-Aid; 1 twisted loop of copper wire; 1 empty recent cigarette carton.
- Contents of Unit
- POTTERY. Byzantine (4 frr., 0.023 kg): 2 body: interior has white slip and light green glaze (13th century); 1 body: interior has white slip and light yellow glaze, hole from repair (13th century); 1 body, heavily abraded: light red clay, exterior has lustrous, silver and mottled green glaze and molded decoration?, interior has lustrous, silver glaze (possible Roman lead-glazed or more likely 15th-16th century).
- Contents of Unit
- POTTERY. Greek (10 frr., 0.114 kg): 7 Corinthian fine ware (1 trefoil oinochoe rim; 1 cup handle; 1 jug handle; 1 Hellenistic cup base; 2 open-shape body; 1 closed-shape body), 1 Attic fine ware (ovoid kotyle base, KP114), 1 Corinthian coarse ware (lekane rim or shallow bowl, KP100), 1 nondiagostic body.
- Contents of Unit
- POTTERY. Roman (843 frr., 22.15 kg): standard colluvial assemblage, date range to Late Roman. ESB cup Hayes 72 (KP097), ESB inturned-rim dish Hayes 60 (KP098), Knidian gray-ware bowl; unslipped pitcher; utilitarian, including Early Roman regional krater/lekanis (KP112), Middle Roman regional pedestal krater (KP094), basin/jar; Early-Late Roman cooking ware, including frying pan (KP113); Campanian, Dressel 2-4, MRA3, combed, and Early Byzantine LRA13(?) amphora; sherd stopper (KP099).
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- SMALL FINDS. Glass (1 fr.): body/base, bluish green (beaker with solid pad base, KM144).
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- SMALL FINDS. Lithic: 1 sandstone whetstone (KM323).
- Contents of Unit
- SMALL FINDS. Metal: 6 frr. from at least 5 large iron nails or spikes, heavily corroded, including 1 shank with irregular head (p.L. 0.064, Th. shank 0.011, W. head 0.021), 1 large shank with flat, rectangular head (Type VIII; p.L. 0.076, Th. shank 0.011, Diam. head 0.030), 1 large shank with domed, circular head (Type VII; p.L. 0.051, Th. shank 0.012, Diam. head 0.033), 1 large shank with flaring, domed, circular head (Type XII; p.L. 0.060, Th. shank 0.019, Diam. head 0.020), 1 shank (p.L. 0.090, Th. 0.015), and 1 domed, circular head (Type VII; Diam. 0.028).
- Explanation of deposition
- Uppermost colluvium and topsoil on south ridge.
- In Deposit or Stratum
- Koutsongila Stratum A4
- Location in unit
- Ground level across three trenches.
- Uninventoried Type Present
- Basin, Bin, Pail, or Tub
- Uninventoried Type Present
- Brick
- Uninventoried Type Present
- Campanian Amphora, Unclassified
- Uninventoried Type Present
- Dressel 2-4 Unclassified
- Uninventoried Type Present
- Early Roman Asia Minor Lamp, red-on-white
- Uninventoried Type Present
- Jar
- Uninventoried Type Present
- Knidian Gray Ware
- Uninventoried Type Present
- Late Roman Amphora 13
- Uninventoried Type Present
- Middle Roman Amphora 3
- Uninventoried Type Present
- Modern Debris
- Uninventoried Type Present
- Nail
- Uninventoried Type Present
- Pitcher or Jug
- Uninventoried Type Present
- Tile
- Uninventoried Type Present
- Unclassified Architectural Decoration
- Uninventoried Type Present
- Unclassified Cooking Ware
- Uninventoried Type Present
- Unclassified Late Antique Combed Amphora
- Uninventoried Type Present
- Unclassified Mortar/Plaster
- Uninventoried Type Present
- Unclassified Pottery
- Uninventoried Type Present
- Unclassified Utilitarian Ware
