- Locus TRB0910-001 [permalink]
- Type
- Locus
- In excavation trench
- Trench B-09/11-10
- Logical part of
- Loci
- Published as
- Rifeetal2022, pp. 69-70
- Contents of Unit
- BUILDING MATERIALS. Mortar/plaster: 235 frr., 105.41 kg. Painted plaster: 1 green. Tesserae (45): 39 white, 5 red, 1 black. Tile/brick: 1,424 frr., 128.23 kg.
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- BUILDING MATERIALS. Stone (17 frr., 1.09 kg): 7 bluish gray schistose marble, 1 with mortar adhering and 1 with traces of burning (p.L. 0.119, Th. 0.009; p.L. 0.073, Th. 0.013; p.L. 0.026, Th. 0.014; p.L. 0.11, Th. 0.009; p.L. 0.160, Th. 0.0104; p.L. 0.045, Th. 0.005; p.L. 0.050, Th. 0.016); 5 Pentelic incl 2 with single thing, straight groove (p.L. 0.009, Th. 0.011; p.L. 0.022, Th. 0.015; p.L. 0.110, Th. 0.015; p.L. 0.014, Th. 0.007; p.L. 0.083, Th. 0.009); 2 nero antico (p.L. 0.068, Th. 0.010; p.L. 0.013, Th. 0.071); 2 Proconnesian (p.L. 0.103, Th. 0.023; p.L. 0.089, Th. 0.020); 1 pavonazzetto (p.L. 0.064, Th. 0.012). Revetment with sculpted decoration in bluish gray schistose marble (892, 893, 894, 896, 899, 904, 905).
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- COIN: follis, anonymous Class A2 attributed to Basil II (ca. 976-1025 C.E.; KC100).
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- INSCRIPTION: Early Roman marble plaque with Latin text (KI029).
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- LAMP (2 frr., 0.026 kg): 1 Corinthian imitation Ephesus lamp discus/shoulder/nozzle (plain+olive and vine, Papposilenus, KL255); 1 Late Roman Corinthian imitation Athenian base (palm branch, KL257).
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- MODERN DEBRIS. 1 fr. barbed wire.
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- POTTERY. Byzantine (3 frr., 0.023 kg): 1 body: exterior and interior have white slip and yellow glaze (12th-13th century); 1 rim: bowl with pointed lip and vertical rim, exterior and interior have white slip and light yellow glaze, wheel ridging on exterior (12th-14th century); 1 body: Thessalonican Plain Sgraffito-ware bowl, exterior has white slip and partial brown glaze, interior has white slip and dark yellow glaze with uneven design of small spiral terminating in dot (late 13th-14th century).
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- POTTERY. Greek (13 frr., 0.090 kg): 8 Corinthian fine ware (1 cup/pitcher handle; 4 cup bases; 3 open-shape body), 1 Attic fine ware (plate base), 1 Corinthian coarse ware (lekane body); 3 Corinthian A/A′ amphora.
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- POTTERY. Roman (2,545, 28.14 kg): standard colluvial assemblage, date-range to Late Roman.
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- SMALL FINDS. Glass (17 frr.): 1 body, yellowish green, thin (straight wall with applied, opaque, dark blue blob); 1 body, light greenish yellow; 9 body, light blue; 4 body, colorless; 2 windowpane, light yellowish green (cylinder-blown, sharp edge, KM473, b).
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- SMALL FINDS. Lithic: 1 chert secondary noncortical flake (KM248). Stone: 1 fr. marble mortar (958).
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- SMALL FINDS. Metal: 1 fr. lead strip, thin: patch, shim, or sinker? (p.L. 0.032, Th. 0.002).
- Explanation of deposition
- Byzantine-Modern colluvium and topsoil over area of Octagon, combined with uppermost fill in WWII ditch with foxholes cutting down into Octagon.
- In Deposit or Stratum
- Koutsongila Deposit B18
- In Deposit or Stratum
- Koutsongila Stratum B6
- Location in unit
- Ground and upper level across entire trench.
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- Brick
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- Byzantine Glazed Pottery
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- Byzantine Sgraffito
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- Corinthian Type A Amphora
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- Lead fill, frame, shim, strip, clamp, sheet, or raw-state
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- Modern Debris
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- Painted or Molded Plaster
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- Revetment
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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
