Locus TRA0705-004 [permalink]
Type
Locus
In excavation trench
Trench A-07/08-05
Logical part of
Loci
Published as
Rifeetal2022, pp. 31-32
Contents of Unit
BUILDING MATERIALS. Stone (3 frr., 0.63 kg): 3 bluish gray schistose marble (p.L. 0.180, Th. 0.011; p.L. 0.092, Th. 0.013; p.L. 0.062, Th. 0.019). Tile/brick: 13 frr., 0.08 kg. Palmette antefix (KA013).
Contents of Unit
COIN: pentanummium of Justin II and Sophia from Constantinople (565–578 CE; KA037).
Contents of Unit
POTTERY. Greek (2 frr., 0.083 kg): 2 Late Hellenistic Koan amphora.
Contents of Unit
POTTERY. Roman (401 frr., 10.64 kg): ESB; unslipped pitcher; utilitarian, including 1 basin rim, 1 pithos? rim, basin/jar; cooking ware; Campanian, Dressel 2-4 Koan, early MWJ/MRA3, African, LRA2, combed amphora.
Contents of Unit
SMALL FINDS. Glass (2 frr.): 1 body, light green, thin; 1 base, light blue (folded, tubular ring base).
Contents of Unit
SMALL FINDS. Metal: 2 total: 1 iron spearhead (KM327); 1 fr. bronze nail shank (Type I/II; p.L. 0.041, Th. 0.006).
Explanation of deposition
Massive Early Byzantine sediment filling passageway on south ridge.
In Deposit or Stratum
Koutsongila Deposit A4
Location in unit
Upper fill in north passageway.
Uninventoried Type Present
African Amphora, Unclassified
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Basin, Bin, Pail, or Tub
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Brick
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Campanian Amphora, Unclassified
Uninventoried Type Present
Decorative molding or relief
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Dressel 2-4 Koan Amphora
Uninventoried Type Present
Early Micaceous Water Jar
Uninventoried Type Present
Jar
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Koan Amphora
Uninventoried Type Present
Late Roman Amphora 2
Uninventoried Type Present
Middle Roman Amphora 3
Uninventoried Type Present
Nail
Uninventoried Type Present
Pitcher or Jug
Uninventoried Type Present
Pithos or Pitharion
Uninventoried Type Present
Tile
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Unclassified Cooking Ware
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Unclassified Eastern Sigillata B
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Unclassified Glass
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Unclassified Late Antique Combed Amphora
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Unclassified Utilitarian Ware
Linked to

KA013 (Early-Middle Roman Palmette Antefix)

KC037 (Late Roman-Early Byzantine pentanummion of Justin II and Sophia from Constantinople)

KM327 (Late Roman-Early Byzantine(?) Iron Spearhead)