Locus TRA0909-006 [permalink]
Type
Locus
In excavation trench
Trench A-09-09
Logical part of
Loci
Published as
Rifeetal2022, p. 47
Contents of Unit
BUILDING MATERIALS. Stone (7 frr., 0.19 kg): 2 bluish gray schistose marble (p.L. 0.090, Th. 0.009; p.L. 0.010, Th. 0.009); 1 Pentelic (p.L. 0.040, Th. 0.016); 3 white marble chips. Lapis lacedaemonius (KA070). Tesserae (6): 5 white, 1 red. Tile/ brick: 309 frr., 35.70 kg.
Contents of Unit
COIN: tetrachalkon of Patras (ca. 40 B.C.E.; KC079).
Contents of Unit
LAMP. (5 frr., 0.020 kg): 2 Broneer XXVII: 1 shoulder (ovules), 1 handle; 1 Athenian early unglazed shoulder (vine?); 2 unknown body.
Contents of Unit
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).
Contents of Unit
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).
Contents of Unit
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.
Contents of Unit
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).
Contents of Unit
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.
In Deposit or Stratum
Koutsongila Deposit A4
Location in unit
Fill in south central passageway.
Uninventoried Type Present
Basin, Bin, Pail, or Tub
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Brick
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Broneer Type XXVII Lamp
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Byzantine Glazed Pottery
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Campanian Amphora, Unclassified
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Cooking-Ware Lid
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Dressel 2-4 Unclassified
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Jar
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Knidian Gray Ware
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Late Roman Amphora 1
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Late Roman Amphora 2
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Late Roman-Early Byzantine Cooking Pot
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Middle Roman Amphora 3
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Middle Roman Athenian Lamp, unglazed
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Nail
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Pitcher or Jug
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Regional Sigillata
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Tessera(e)
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Tile
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Unclassified African Red Slip
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Unclassified Architectural Decoration
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Unclassified Cooking Ware
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Unclassified Eastern Sigillata A
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Unclassified Eastern Sigillata C
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Unclassified Eastern Thin-Walled Ware
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Unclassified Glass
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Unclassified Lamp
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Unclassified Late Antique Combed Amphora
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Unclassified Late Roman C Ware
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Unclassified Pottery
Linked to

KA070 (Roman Marble Revetment)

KC079 (Late Hellenistic tetrachalkon of Patrae)

KM288 (Bronze nail)

KP254 (Early Roman Asia Minor Lead-Glazed Cup)