Locus TRB0805-005 [permalink]
Type
Locus
In excavation trench
Trench B-08/09-05
Logical part of
Loci
Published as
Rifeetal2022, pp. 54-55
Contents of Unit
BUILDING MATERIALS. Stone (3 frr., 0.18 kg): 1 greco scritto (p.L. 0.038, Th. 0.007); 1 Pentelic with 1 slightly beveled and rounded edge (p.L. 0.063, Th. 0.009); 1 Proconnesian with traces of cream-colored paint over 1 flat edge and polished face (p.L. 0.073, Th. 0.019; cf. piece from TRB0805-006). Mortar/plaster: 700 frr., 284.80 kg. Painted plaster (3 frr.): 1 red and orange; 1 green; 1 green and white. Tile/brick: 197 frr., 125.10 kg.
Contents of Unit
LAMP. (6 frr., 0.042 kg): 1 Knidian shoulder/volute nozzle (KL105); 1 Athenian alpha-globule shoulder; 3 Broneer XXVII: 2 shoulder (ovules), 1 base (Β[ΑΛΕΡΙΟ]|Υ, KL245, joins TRB0805-003); 2 Athenian late unglazed: 1 discus/shoulder/handle (plain+herringbone, KL108), 1 body.
Contents of Unit
POTTERY. Byzantine (2 frr., 0.039 kg): 1 neck/body: juglet? with cylindrical, ridged neck and ovoid upper body, chattering along shoulder (eastern Mediterranean, Early Byzantine; KP378); 1 body: Early Byzantine Slavic-ware beaker or cooking pot (KP171).
Contents of Unit
POTTERY. Greek (11 frr., 0.042 kg): 6 Corinthian fine ware (1 Hellenistic decanter rim; 1 open-shape rim; 1 pitcher handle; 1 Archaic-Classical cup body; 2 closed-shape body), 3 Attic fine ware (1 cup/kylix handle; 2 open-shape body), 1 gray ware (plate/ saucer base), 1 Corinthian molded relief ware (Hellenistic floral bowl body).
Contents of Unit
POTTERY. Roman (881 frr., 10.84 kg): standard colluvial assemblage, date-range to Late Roman. Italian sigillata platter Conspectus 18.2 (KP166), ESC Loeschcke 19/20 (KP170), eastern thin-walled-ware Aegean cup, late variant? (KP173), ESC Hayes 2, ARS Hayes 99B (KP377), Late Roman C 3F (KP405); plain table ware; utilitarian; cooking ware, including Early-Middle Roman frying pan/casserole, Early Roman Ephesian cooking pot (KP163, joins TRB0703-001, TRB0803-003); MRA3 neck/rim (KP172), unknown amphora.
Contents of Unit
SMALL FINDS. Glass (16 frr.): 1 body, colorless, thin (Hofheim cup?); 2 base, light blue (plain base and concave bottom: unguentarium or small flask); 1 rim, bluish colorless (deep bowl with crimped trail applied to rim, KM365); 1 rim, light green (small outwardly folded, tubular lip); 1 rim, light blue (fire-polished lip); 1 neck, blue, thick (cylindrical); 2 body, light green, thin; 1 body, light blue; 6 body, colorless, thin.
Contents of Unit
SMALL FINDS. Metal: 3 total: 1 intact bronze nail (Type II; KM207); 1 intact iron nail with short shank and domed, circular head, heavily corroded (Type VII; p.L. 0.028, Th. shank 0.007, Diam. head 0.016); 1 large fr. thin lead strip, torn, folded: patch, shim, or sinker? (p.L. 0.115, Th. 0.002; cf. KM212).
Contents of Unit
SMALL FINDS. Stone: 1 fr. marble mortar (KM326).
Explanation of deposition
Late Roman-Early Byzantine debris from late use of rooms B3-I and B3-II, combined with Byzantine-Modern colluvium and topsoil over Buildings B2/B3.
In Deposit or Stratum
Koutsongila Deposit B9
In Deposit or Stratum
Koutsongila Stratum B4
Location in unit
Middle to lower level, south room B3-I/passage to B3-II, and upper to middle level, southwest and northeast trench.
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Brick
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Broneer Type XXVII Lamp
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Early Roman Athenian Lamp, alpha-globule
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Glass unguentarium, bottle, or similar
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Greek Pottery
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Hellenistic Moldmade Bowl (“Megarian Bowl“)
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Hofheim Cup
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Late Roman Athenian Lamp, late unglazed (“postglaze”)
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Lead fill, frame, shim, strip, clamp, sheet, or raw-state
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Nail
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Painted or Molded Plaster
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Revetment
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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

KL105 (Early Roman Asia Minor Lamp)

KL108 (Late Roman Corinthian Lamp)

KL245 (Early-Middle Roman Corinthian Lamp)

KM207 (Bronze nail)

KM326 (Roman Marble Shallow Mortarium)

KM365 (Early-Middle Roman Syro-Palestinian glass deep bowl)

KP166 (Italian Sigillata Conspectus Form 18.2)

KP170 (Eastern Sigillata C Loeschcke Form 19/20)

KP171 (Early Byzantine “Slavic-Ware“ Jug or Beaker)

KP172 (Middle Roman Amphora 3)

KP173 (Eastern Thin-Walled-Ware Cup)

KP377 (African Red-Slip Hayes Form 99B)

KP378 (Early Byzantine/Early Islamic Levantine Juglet)

KP405 (Late Roman C Ware Hayes Form 3F)