Locus TRB0911-003 [permalink]
Type
Locus
In excavation trench
Trench B-09-11
Logical part of
Loci
Published as
Rifeetal2022, p. 73
Contents of Unit
BUILDING MATERIALS. Stone (1 fr., 0.03 kg): 1 Pentelic (p.L. 0.053, Th. 0.007). Mortar/plaster: 80 frr., 9.97 kg. Tesserae (11): 8 white, 3 red. Tile/brick: 281 frr., 26.20 kg.
Contents of Unit
COIN: dodecanummium of Justinian I from Alexandria (527-565 CE; KC075).
Contents of Unit
LAMP. (6 frr., 0.014 kg): 3 Broneer XXVII body; 2 Athenian early glazed body; 1 Athenian late unglazed base (palm branch, KL258).
Contents of Unit
MODERN DEBRIS. 1 fr. tinplate sheet from can (mid-late 20th century); 1 grenade pin.
Contents of Unit
POTTERY. Greek (4 frr., 0.008 kg): 3 Corinthian fine ware (1 cup handle/body; 1 Archaic-Classical kotyle/skyphos base; 1 cup base), 1 Corinthian molded relief ware (Hellenistic long-petal bowl body).
Contents of Unit
POTTERY. Roman (401 frr., 9.44 kg): date-range to Late Roman. ESA, ESB, Early Roman with barbotine (Pontic?), ESC, eastern thin-walled ware, African red slip, LRC 3E (KP263), Athenian painted-ware bowl/plate (KP256); few unslipped pitcher; utilitarian, including Early-Middle Roman regional basin (KP257); cooking ware; Campanian, Dressel 2-4, MRA3, LRA1, LRA5, Late Roman-Early Byzantine Cretan Amphora, TRC2 orlo f (6th-7th century; KP255).
Contents of Unit
SMALL FINDS. Glass (8 frr.): 1 rim, medium blue (flask or jug, KM387); 1 rim/neck, light indigo blue (jar, KM386); 2 body, yellowish green; 1 body, light blue; 3 windowpane, yellowish green to light yellowish green (cylinder-blown, sharp edge, KM469).
Contents of Unit
SMALL FINDS. Metal: 1 bronze fish-hook (KM258).
Explanation of deposition
Massive structural debris from catastrophic collapse of Octagon, mixed with fill in WWII ditch with foxholes cutting down into Octagon. Includes some material from late activity around Octagon before its collapse.
In Deposit or Stratum
Koutsongila Deposit B17
In Deposit or Stratum
Koutsongila Deposit B18
Location in unit
Middle level in east trench.
Uninventoried Type Present
Brick
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Broneer Type XXVII Lamp
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Campanian Amphora, Unclassified
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Dressel 2-4 Unclassified
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Greek Pottery
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Hellenistic Moldmade Bowl (“Megarian Bowl“)
Uninventoried Type Present
Late Roman Amphora 1
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Late Roman Amphora 5
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Middle Roman Amphora 3
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Middle-Late Roman Athenian lamp, early glazed
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Modern Debris
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Pitcher or Jug
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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
Uninventoried Type Present
Unclassified Eastern Sigillata A
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Unclassified Eastern Sigillata B
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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 Mortar/Plaster
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Unclassified Pontic Sigillata
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Unclassified Pottery
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Unclassified Utilitarian Ware
Linked to

KC075 (Late Roman dodekanummion of Justinian I from Alexandria)

KL258 (Late Roman Athenian Lamp)

KM258 (Bronze fishhook)

KM386 (Middle-Late Roman Syro-Palestinian glass jar)

KM387 (Early Roman(?) Glass flask or jug)

KM469 (Late Roman-Early Byzantine Window Pane)

KP255 (Late Roman-Early Byzantine Cretan Amphora)

KP256 (Athenian Painted-Ware Bowl or Plate)

KP257 (Early-Middle Roman Regional Basin)

KP263 (Late Roman C Ware Hayes Form 3E)