BUILDING MATERIALS. Mortar/plaster: 73 frr., 9.15 kg. Tesserae (29): 28 white, 1 red. Tile/brick: 514 frr., 65.60 kg.
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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).
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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).
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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).
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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).
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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.