Locus TRA0808-001 [permalink]
Type
Locus
In excavation trench
Trench A-08-08
Logical part of
Loci
Published as
Rifeetal2022, pp. 38-39
Contents of Unit
BUILDING MATERIALS. Mortar/plaster: 401 frr., 10.78 kg. Tile/brick: 118 frr., 7.09 kg.
Contents of Unit
LAMP. (23 frr., 0.117 kg): 1 Classical Corinthian nozzle; 1 Italian discus/shoulder (triple framing ring); 9 Athenian early and late glazed: 2 discus/shoulder/handle/base (plain+herringbone, Α, KL104), 3 discus (1 walking bear, cf. KL232; 1 rosette; 1 twisted rosette), 1 shoulder/nozzle (herringbone), 3 body; 12 Athenian late unglazed: 1 discus (Constantinian monogram with double circles at ends of bars), 1 shoulder (wavy lines), 2 nozzle, 5 body, 3 base.
Contents of Unit
POTTERY. Byzantine (3 frr., 0.037 kg): 1 rim/body: Sgraffito-ware bowl/plate with horizontal rim (est. Diam. 0.320), interior has white slip and yellow glaze with fine palmette design on top of rim (mid-late 12th century); 1 body: Sgraffito-ware bowl with thick wall, interior has white slip and yellow glaze with design of rays? or hatching (mid-12th–early 13th century); 1 rim: bowl? with pointed lip and vertical rim (est. Diam. 0.280), no decoration (13th–16th century).
Contents of Unit
POTTERY. Greek (8 frr., 0.062 kg): 2 Corinthian fine ware (kantharos base; closed-shape body), 2 Attic fine ware (mug base; open-shape body), 2 Corinthian molded relief ware (Hellinistic bowl rim with meander?; Hellenistic bowl body with egg pattern); 2 Corinthian A/A′ amphora.
Contents of Unit
POTTERY. Roman (869 frr., 7.15 kg): standard colluvial assemblage, date range to Late Roman. Italian sigillata festoon appliqué (KP179), Athenian Gouged-ware globular pitcher (KP180).
Contents of Unit
SMALL FINDS. Coins: assarion of Corinth for Nero (54–68 C.E.; KC050); antoninianus of Gallienus from Asia Minor (267 C.E.; KC047).
Contents of Unit
SMALL FINDS. Glass (1 fr.): body, light yellow, thin.
Explanation of deposition
Mixed sediment inside Building A1 containing debris from Early-Middle Roman ritual activity and collection of Late Roman lamps.
In Deposit or Stratum
Koutsongila Deposit A3
Location in unit
Ground level across entire trench.
Uninventoried Type Present
Byzantine Glazed Pottery
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Corinthian Type A Amphora
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Early-Middle Roman Italian Lamp
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Greek Lamp
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Hellenistic Moldmade Bowl (“Megarian Bowl“)
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Late Roman Athenian Lamp, late unglazed (“postglaze”)
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Late Roman Athenian lamp, late glazed
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Middle-Late Roman Athenian lamp, early glazed
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Unclassified Glass
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Unclassified Pottery
Linked to

KC047 (Middle Roman antoninianus of Gallienus from Asia)

KC050 (Early Roman as of Nero from Corinth)

KL104 (Late Roman Athenian Lamp)

KP179 (Italian Sigillata Vessel with appliqué)

KP180 (Athenian Gouged-Ware Jug)