POTTERY. Byzantine (3 frr., 0.028 kg): 1 body: interior has green glaze (12th century); 1 rim: bowl with pointed lip and vertical rim (est. Diam. 0.100), exterior and interior have white slip and yellow glaze (12th-13th century); 1 body: exterior and interior have white slip and yellow glaze (12th-13th century).
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POTTERY. Greek (11 frr., 0.049 kg): 7 Corinthian fine ware (1 bowl rim; 1 cup handle; 4 open-shape body; 1 closed-shape body), 3 Attic fine ware (1 plate rim; 1 kylix base; 1 open-shape body), 1 Corinthian coarse ware (lekane body).
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POTTERY. Roman (971 frr., 13.43 kg): standard colluvial assemblage, date range to Late Roman. ESA, Knidian gray-ware cup, Early Roman lead-glazed cup (KP254), ESC, eastern thin-walled ware, African red slip, LRC; slipped folded-rim bowl; unslipped pitcher; basin/jar; cooking ware, including NePcf Late Roman cooking pot, saucer lid; Campanian, Dressel 2-4, MRA3, LRA1, LRA2, combed amph.
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SMALL FINDS. Glass (14 frr.): 1 rim, colorless (inwardly folded, tubular lip); 1 body, yellow; 5 body, light blue; 6 body, colorless; 1 base, yellowish green (folded, tubular ring base).
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SMALL FINDS. Metal: 6 total: 3 nonjoining frr. bronze nails shanks (Type I/II; p.L. 0.035, 0.034, 0.024, Th. 0.003–0.006); 1 fr. bronze nail (Type VI; KM288); 2 frr. iron nails shanks (p.L. 0.053, 0.025, 0.004–0.008).
Explanation of deposition
Massive Early Byzantine sediment filling passageway on south slope of ridge.