- Locus TRB0805-021 [permalink]
- Type
- Locus
- In excavation trench
- Trench B-08/09-05
- Logical part of
- Loci
- Published as
- Rifeetal2022, pp. 59-60
- Contents of Unit
- BUILDING MATERIALS. Mortar/plaster: 77 frr., no weight, including 30 very small, 47 with tesserae (red, tan) adhering or with impression of tesserae. Painted plaster (568 frr.): 240 red; 77 yellow; 39 green; 27 pinkish red with white speckles; 26 bluish black; 24 white; 24 red, white, green bands; 23 cream; 20 dark red to black; 19 red with white band; 14 blue with white or yellow bands; 12 yellow with white bands; 7 red, white and yellow; 6 green, white and yellow; 4 red, white, blue bands; 3 white with brown streaks; 1 red with blue, white, yellow bands; 1 bright yellow with green; 1 bright pink to violet. Tesserae (5,896): 3,026 tan/light brown, 556 white, 1,552 red, 504 black, 248 yellow, 1 green/grayish green, 1 bluish gray/dark blue, 8 light blue/turquoise. Tile/brick: few small, not quantified.
- Contents of Unit
- BUILDING MATERIALS. Stone (1 fr., 1.00 kg): 1 Pentelic (p.L. 0.085, Th. 0.012).
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- POTTERY. Greek (1 fr., 0.001 kg): Corinthian fine ware (Hellenistic West Slope base).
- Contents of Unit
- POTTERY. Roman (201 frr., 2.87 kg): eastern Thin-Walled ware, ESC Hayes 3 (KP385); Early-Middle Roman regional cooking-ware pitcher (KP380, KP382); unslipped pitcher; utilitarian, including basin/jar, Early Roman ovoid jar (KP384); cooking ware, including Early Roman frying pan (KP383), everted-rim cooking pot (KP381), 1 Late Roman cooking ware; MRA3; various joins TRB0805-019, TRB0805-023.
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- SMALL FINDS. Glass (10 frr.): 1 base, light green (plain base and concave bottom: unguentarium, small flask, or jar); 1 handle, bluish colorless with a tinge of green (amphoriskos with coil handle, KM417A); 7 rim/body, light indigo blue (conical? cup, KM417B); 1 tessera, opaque, light yellow (KM418).
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- SMALL FINDS. Metal: 17 total: 15 frr. from at least 12 iron nails, heavily corroded including 1 shank with flat, rectangular head (Type VIII; p.L. 0.105, Th. shank, 0.007, W. head 0.015), 1 shank with head of uncertain shape (Type VII/VIII; p.L. 0.058, Th. shank 0.006, p.W. head 0.014), 12 nonjoining shanks (p.L. 0.040, 0.035, 0.040, 0.051, 0.024, 0.026, 0.030, 0.050, 0.038, 0.036, 0.026, 0.015, p.Th. 0.004–0.009), and 1 circular head (Type VII; p.L. 0.052, Diam. head 0.019); 1 fr. iron blade tapering to one end (p.L. 0.072, Th. 0.006); 1 small lead strip, flat, with three scalloped cuts along one edge (p.L. 0.024, Th. 0.002).
- Explanation of deposition
- Represents Roman activity in Building B3.
- In Deposit or Stratum
- Koutsongila Deposit B7
- Location in unit
- Mixed level at middle level (4.330–4.940 masl) inside well at west end of corridor, Room B3-I.
- Uninventoried Type Present
- Basin, Bin, Pail, or Tub
- Uninventoried Type Present
- Bladed Tool (knife)
- Uninventoried Type Present
- Brick
- Uninventoried Type Present
- Glass Free-Blown Flask or Jug
- Uninventoried Type Present
- Glass Jar
- Uninventoried Type Present
- Glass Unguentarium
- Uninventoried Type Present
- Greek Pottery
- Uninventoried Type Present
- Jar
- Uninventoried Type Present
- Late Antique Cooking Ware
- Uninventoried Type Present
- Lead fill, frame, shim, strip, clamp, sheet, or raw-state
- Uninventoried Type Present
- Middle Roman Amphora 3
- Uninventoried Type Present
- Nail
- Uninventoried Type Present
- Painted or Molded Plaster
- Uninventoried Type Present
- Pitcher or Jug
- Uninventoried Type Present
- Tessera(e)
- Uninventoried Type Present
- Tile
- Uninventoried Type Present
- Unclassified Architectural Decoration
- Uninventoried Type Present
- Unclassified Eastern Thin-Walled Ware
- Uninventoried Type Present
- Unclassified Mortar/Plaster
- Uninventoried Type Present
- Unclassified Plain Table Ware
- Uninventoried Type Present
- Unclassified Utilitarian Ware
