Locus TRA0804-006 [permalink]
Type
Locus
In excavation trench
Trench A-07/08/09-04
Logical part of
Loci
Published as
Rifeetal2022, p. 37
Contents of Unit
COIN: follis of Romanos I (920-944 C.E.; KC062).
Contents of Unit
POTTERY. Byzantine (1 fr., 0.021 kg): 1 base: bowl or cup with string-cut, flat base (Diam. 0.031), interior has dark green glaze without slip (13th-14th century).
Contents of Unit
POTTERY. Greek (2 frr., 0.039 kg): 2 Corinthian A/A′ amphora.
Contents of Unit
POTTERY. Roman (603 frr., 9.15 kg): standard colluvial assemblage, date-range to Late Roman.
Contents of Unit
SMALL FINDS. Glass (7 frr.): 1 body, bluish colorless with a tinge of green (hemispherical ribbed bowl, KM437); 2 rim, green (outwardly folded, tubular lip); 3 base, green (folded tubular base ring); 1 base, colorless (folded tubular base ring: cup).
Contents of Unit
SMALL FINDS. Metal: 1 iron blade (KM328).
Contents of Unit
SMALL FINDS: Shell: 1 fr. cut from triton shell (KM230).
Explanation of deposition
Massive Early Byzantine sediment filling passageway.
In Deposit or Stratum
Koutsongila Deposit A4
Location in unit
Upper to lower fill in west central passageway across south slope of ridge.
Uninventoried Type Present
Byzantine Glazed Pottery
Uninventoried Type Present
Corinthian Type A Amphora
Uninventoried Type Present
Unclassified Glass
Uninventoried Type Present
Unclassified Pottery
Linked to

KC062 (Early-Middle Byzantine follis of Romanos I from Constantinople)

KM230 (Segment of Triton Shell: implement? veneer? patch?)

KM328 (Iron blade)

KM437 (Earlty Roman Imported glass deep ribbed bowl)