Locus TRB0911-005 [permalink]
Type
Locus
In excavation trench
Trench B-09-11
Logical part of
Loci
Published as
Rifeetal2022, pp. 74-75
Contents of Unit
BUILDING MATERIALS. Mortar/plaster: 73 frr., 9.15 kg. Tesserae (29): 28 white, 1 red. Tile/brick: 514 frr., 65.60 kg.
Contents of Unit
BUILDING MATERIALS. Stone (12 frr., 0.51 kg): 8 Proconnesian (a+b+c+d+e: p.L. 0.028, Th. 0.012; a + b + c: p.L. 0.070, Th. 0.007); 3 Pentelic and 1 gray variant (p.L. 0.090, Th. 0.109; p.L. 0.080, Th. 0.105; p.L. 0.048, Th. 0.008; p.L. 0.050, Th. 0.007). Limestone dentillated geison (KA045).
Contents of Unit
LAMP. (38 frr., 0.298 kg): 1 Early Roman Corinthian transitional(?) handle (short, transverse grooving); 1 Athenian early glazed base; 16 Ath late unglazed: 2 discus/shoulder (1 cross/cross monogram and circles+herringbone; 1 plain+herringbone), 2 shoulder/handle (herringbone), 9 body, 3 bases (1 palm branch); 2 Late Roman Corinthian copy Argive: discus/shoulder/handle/base (plain+single row globules on panels, KL124a/b); 15 Late Roman Corinthian imitation Athenian: 2 discus/shoulder/handle/base (cross+herringbone, KL191), 2 most complete (plain+wavy lines, KL122), 3 discus/shoulder/handle (wavy lines, KL193), 3 discus/shoulder/handle/base (plain+herringbone, palm branch, KL195), 2 discus/shoulder/handle (plain+herringbone, KL192), 3 base (palm branch and circles, KL194); 1 Late Roman Corinthian body; 1 Late Roman Ephensian discus/shoulder (outlined cross+wavy stalk and clusters, KL123); 1 Late Roman African discus/shoulder/handle (Constantinian monogram+sexfoils and volute lozenges, KL125).
Contents of Unit
POTTERY. Roman (489 frr., 15.19 kg): date-range to Late Roman, including ESA, ESC, eastern Thin-Walled ware, African Red Slip?, Athenian Gouged-ware globular pitcher (KP261); unslipped pitcher; utilitarian, including Early Roman regional basin (KP366), jar; cooking ware, including NePcf, Late Roman Near Eastern cooking pot (KP368), Late Roman cooking pot (KP262); Campanian, Rhodian, MRA3, MRA4, MRA7, LRA1, LRA2, Late Roman regional amphora (KP367); cylindrical stopper (KM334).
Contents of Unit
SMALL FINDS. Glass (16 frr.): 1 body/base, bluish colorless (globular or piriform(?) unguentarium, small flask, or jar, KM392); 1 rim/body, light greenish blue (deep bowl with flange on interior lip, KM394); 1 beaker, bluish green (beaker, KM457); 1 rim/body, greenish yellowish colorless (conical goblet, KM396); 1 body, light green with a tinge of yellow (globular flask with short funnel mouth and spiral ribbing, KM267a,b+388+395+398, joins TRB0911-004, TRB0911-006); 1 base, greenish colorless (bowl lamp with wide hollow stem, KM393); 3 rim, light blue (thickened, fire-polished lip); 1 neck, light green (cylindrical); 2 body, colorless, thin; 4 window pane, light yellowish green (cylinder-blown, sharp edge, KM468a-d).
Contents of Unit
SMALL FINDS. Lithic: 1 fr. andesite or basalt millstone (KM261).
Explanation of deposition
Mixed fill that combines foundation deposit on outside face of north wall of Octagon, with Late Roman colluvium over ground north of Octagon during its use and disuse, and massive structural debris from catastrophic collapse of Octagon.
In Deposit or Stratum
Koutsongila Deposit B13
In Deposit or Stratum
Koutsongila Deposit B16a
In Deposit or Stratum
Koutsongila Deposit B17
Location in unit
Lower level across central to south trench.
Uninventoried Type Present
Brick
Uninventoried Type Present
Campanian Amphora, Unclassified
Uninventoried Type Present
Early Roman Corinthian Lamp, Transitional
Uninventoried Type Present
Jar
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 Corinthian Lamp
Uninventoried Type Present
Middle Roman Amphora 3
Uninventoried Type Present
Middle Roman Amphora 4
Uninventoried Type Present
Middle Roman Amphora 7
Uninventoried Type Present
Middle-Late Roman Athenian lamp, early glazed
Uninventoried Type Present
Pitcher or Jug
Uninventoried Type Present
Rhodian Amphora
Uninventoried Type Present
Tessera(e)
Uninventoried Type Present
Tile
Uninventoried Type Present
Unclassified African Red Slip
Uninventoried Type Present
Unclassified Architectural Decoration
Uninventoried Type Present
Unclassified Cooking Ware
Uninventoried Type Present
Unclassified Eastern Sigillata A
Uninventoried Type Present
Unclassified Eastern Sigillata C
Uninventoried Type Present
Unclassified Eastern Thin-Walled Ware
Uninventoried Type Present
Unclassified Glass
Uninventoried Type Present
Unclassified Mortar/Plaster
Uninventoried Type Present
Unclassified Pottery
Uninventoried Type Present
Unclassified Utilitarian Ware
Linked to

KA045 (Hellenistic-Roman Limestone Molded Block)

KL122 (Late Roman Corinthian Lamp)

KL123 (Late Roman-Early Byzantine Asia Minor lamp)

KL124 (Late Roman Corinthian Lamp)

KL125 (Late Roman North African lamp)

KL191 (Late Roman Corinthian Lamp)

KL192 (Late Roman Corinthian Lamp)

KL193 (Late Roman Corinthian Lamp)

KL194 (Late Roman Corinthian Lamp)

KL195 (Late Roman Corinthian Lamp)

KM261 (Andesite or Basalt Millstone)

KM267+388+395+398 (Late Roman Imported Dip-Mold-Blown Glass flask)

KM334 (Roman Regional Cylindrical Stopper)

KM392 (Early-Middle Roman Glass unguentarium, small flask, or jar)

KM393 (Late Roman-Early Byzantine Syro-Palestinian or Egyptian glass bowl lamp)

KM394 (Middle-Late Roman Glass deep bowl)

KM396 (Late Roman-Early Byzantine Glass goblet)

KM457 (Early-Middle Roman Glass beaker)

KM468 (Late Roman-Early Byzantine Window Pane)

KP261 (Athenian Gouged-Ware Jug)

KP262 (Late Roman Regional(?) Cooking Pot)

KP366 (Early Roman Regional Basin)

KP367 (Late Roman Regional Amphora)

KP368 (Late Roman Near Eastern Cooking Pot)