Locus TRB0911-002 [permalink]
Type
Locus
In excavation trench
Trench B-09-11
Logical part of
Loci
Published as
Rifeetal2022, pp. 72-73
Associated with Burial Context
Koutsongila Grave 63
Contents of Unit
BUILDING MATERIALS. Stone (6 frr., 2.22 kg): 5 Pentelic incl 2 with raised band or fascia (p.L. 0.078, p.L. 0.112, p.L. 0.114, Th. 0.011; p.L. 0.360, Th. 0.023; p.L. 0.102, Th. 0.021); 1 Proconnesian (p.L. 0.044, Th. 0.009). Mortar/plaster: 265 frr., 35.90 kg. Tesserae (40): 37 white, 1 red, 1 black, 1 green/grayish green. Tile/brick: 704 frr., 53.10 kg.
Contents of Unit
LAMP. (18 frr., 0.081 kg): 2 Broneer XXVII: 1 discus (rays), 1 body; 4 Athenian late glazed: 1 discus/shoulder/handle (herringbone, KL120), 1 discus/shoulder (twisted rosette+wavy lines), 1 shoulder (wavy lines), 1 base; 9 Athenian late unglazed: 2 discus/shoulder/nozzle/handle (plain+herringbone, circles, grooves, KL118), 2 discus/shoulder (1 cross and circles+double circles, KL252; 1 square discus+wavy lines and leaves/ears, KL119), 1 discus (rosette), 1 shoulder (herringbone), 3 handle; 2 Late Roman Athenian imitation African discus/shoulder (cross+single row raised triple circles; 1 keyhole format); 1 unknown body.
Contents of Unit
MODERN DEBRIS. 28 frr. tinplate sheet from can (mid-late 20th century); 22 grenade pins; 1 fr. metal snap and metal strip; 1 fr. weathered rubber.
Contents of Unit
POTTERY. Roman (226 frr., 4.76 kg): eastern thin-walled ware, ESC; unslipped pitcher; utilitarian, including Early-Middle Roman regional basin (KP251), Middle-Late Roman regional(?) basin (KP252); cooking ware, including NePcf everted-rim stewpot (KP250); Campanian, MRA3, MRA7, LRA1, LRA2, LRA5 amphora.
Contents of Unit
SMALL FINDS. Glass (44 frr.): 1 base, bluish green (globular or piriform unguentarium, small flask, or jar, KM255); 1 body/base, bluish colorless (bowl with applied solid ring base, KM256); 1 body/base, light greenish yellow (square bottle, KM385); 1 rim, light blue (thickened, fire-polished lip); 5 body, yellowish green, thin; 1 body, green, thick; 10 body, greenish colorless; 2 body, blue; 10 body, bluish colorless; 11 body, colorless; 1 base, light blue (folded, tubular ring base).
Contents of Unit
SMALL FINDS. Metal: 4 total: 1 bronze spoon (KM250); 1 fr. raw lead (KM285); 1 intact bronze nail with shank tapering to a point and slightly convex, rectangular head (Type II; p.L. 0.045, Th. shank 0.008, W. head 0.012); 1 fr. iron nail shank (p.L. 0.025, Th. shank 0.012, Diam. head 0.022).
Explanation of deposition
Debris in WWII ditch with foxholes cutting down into Octagon, and material displaced from earlier use levels.
In Deposit or Stratum
Koutsongila Deposit B18
Location in unit
Middle to lower level in central to north trench.
Uninventoried Type Present
Brick
Uninventoried Type Present
Broneer Type XXVII Lamp
Uninventoried Type Present
Campanian Amphora, Unclassified
Uninventoried Type Present
Late Roman Amphora 1
Uninventoried Type Present
Late Roman Amphora 2
Uninventoried Type Present
Late Roman Athenian Lamp, late unglazed (“postglaze”)
Uninventoried Type Present
Late Roman/Early Byzantine Athenian Lamp, copy or imitation North African
Uninventoried Type Present
Middle Roman Amphora 3
Uninventoried Type Present
Middle Roman Amphora 7
Uninventoried Type Present
Modern Debris
Uninventoried Type Present
Nail
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 Cooking Ware
Uninventoried Type Present
Unclassified Eastern Sigillata C
Uninventoried Type Present
Unclassified Eastern Thin-Walled Ware
Uninventoried Type Present
Unclassified Glass
Uninventoried Type Present
Unclassified Lamp
Uninventoried Type Present
Unclassified Mortar/Plaster
Uninventoried Type Present
Unclassified Utilitarian Ware
Linked to

KL118 (Late Roman Athenian Lamp)

KL119 (Late Roman Athenian Lamp)

KL120 (Late Roman Athenian Lamp)

KL252 (Late Roman Athenian Lamp)

KM250 (Late Roman-Early Byzantine Miniature Bronze Spoon)

KM255 (Early-Middle Roman Glass unguentarium, small flask, or jar)

KM256 (Early-Middle Roman Glass bowl)

KM285 (Raw lead?)

KM385 (Middle-Late Roman Glass square bottle)

KP250 (Early-Middle Roman Everted-Rim Cooking Pot)

KP251 (Early-Middle Roman Regional Basin-Bowl)

KP252 (Middle-Late Roman Regional Basin)