Locus TRA0909-004 [permalink]
Type
Locus
In excavation trench
Trench A-09-09
Logical part of
Loci
Published as
Rifeetal2022, p. 46
Contents of Unit
BUILDING MATERIALS. Stone (4 frr., 0.10 kg): 2 Pentelic (p.L. 0.048, Th. 0.010; p.L. 0.069, Th. 0.012); 1 Proconnesian with 1 fascia (p.L. 0.044, Th. 0.011); 1 bluish gray schistose marble with 1 rounded edge (p.L. 0.038, Th. 0.015). Mortar/plaster: 7 frr., 1.10 kg. Tesserae (13): 8 white, 2 black, 3 orange. Tile/brick: 114 frr., 13.
Contents of Unit
LAMP. (3 frr., 0.010): 2 Broneer XXVII body; 1 Athenian late unglazed body.
Contents of Unit
POTTERY. Byzantine (3 frr., 0.026 kg): 1 rim: Green and Brown Painted-ware bowl with pointed lip (est. Diam rim 0.200), upper exterior has thin, horizontal, painted brown to black lines, and clear glaze, interior has white slip and green glaze extending over rim (late 12th century); 1 body: exterior has white slip, interior has dark red and brown glaze (12th–13th century); 1 body: exterior and interior have white slip and yellow glaze (12th–13th century).
Contents of Unit
POTTERY. Greek (4 frr., 0.047 kg): 1 Corinthian fine ware (open-shape body); 3 Corinthian A/A′ amphora.
Contents of Unit
POTTERY. Roman (1,035 frr., 13.44 kg): standard colluvial assemblage.
Contents of Unit
SMALL FINDS. Glass (10 frr.): 1 body, dark yellowish orange (brown); 1 body, light green, thick; 1 body, greenish colorless, thin; 1 body, blue; 2 body, light blue; 2 base, blue (folded, tubular ring base); 1 base, light blue (folded, tubular ring base); 1 base, colorless base (concave bottom).
Contents of Unit
SMALL FINDS. Metal: 3 total: 1 lead strip: sinker, shim or patch? (KM259); 1 fr. bronze nail shank (p.L. 0.036, Th. 0.004); 1 fr. iron nail shank (p.L. 0.063, Th. 0.006). Coin: bronze coin of Corinth (ca. 375–368 B.C.E.; KC078).
Explanation of deposition
Massive Early Byzantine sediment filling passageway.
In Deposit or Stratum
Koutsongila Deposit A4
Location in unit
Middle level of fill in south passageway on south Koutsongila Ridge.
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Brick
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Broneer Type XXVII Lamp
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Byzantine Glazed Pottery
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Corinthian Type A Amphora
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Late Roman Athenian Lamp, late unglazed (“postglaze”)
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Nail
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Tessera(e)
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Tile
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Unclassified Architectural Decoration
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Unclassified Glass
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Unclassified Mortar/Plaster
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Unclassified Pottery
Linked to

KC078 (Late Classical bronze coin of Corinth)

KM259 (Lead strip)