Locus TRB0912-003 [permalink]
Type
Locus
In excavation trench
Trench B-09-12
Logical part of
Loci
Published as
Rifeetal2022, p. 77
Contents of Unit
BUILDING MATERIALS. Stone (6 frr., 3.26 kg): 3 bluish gray schistose marble, including 1 with raised lip and double-grooved fascia (p.L. 0.193, Th. 0.042; p.L. 0.222, Th. 0.034; p.L. 0.173, Th. 0.025); 2 Pentelic incl 1 with 2 raised edges (p.L. 0.090, Th. 0.034; p.L. 0.205, Th. 0.075); 1 Proconnesian (p.L. 0.088, Th. 0.015). Mortar/plaster: 994 frr., 181.70 kg. Tesserae (22): 11 white, 4 red, 7 black. Tile/brick: 577 frr., 183.02 kg. Tegulae mammatae (KA037, KA038).
Contents of Unit
LAMP. (2 frr., 0.010 kg): 1 Broneer XXVII handle; 1 Athenian early glazed discus/shoulder (plain+herringbone).
Contents of Unit
POTTERY. Roman (445 frr., 6.80 kg): date range Early-Late Roman. ARS dotted volute-lozenge stamp (KP258); unslipped table ware; basin/jar; cooking ware, including LR cooking pot (KP259).
Contents of Unit
SMALL FINDS. Glass (2 frr.): 1 rim, light blue (inwardly folded, flattened, tubular lip: bottle?); 1 body, light green.
Contents of Unit
SMALL FINDS. Metal: 1 fr. iron nail shank, heavily corroded (p.L. 0.037, Th. 0.008).
Explanation of deposition
Sediment over central to south floor of chamber from use and disuse of Octagon, mixed with lowest level of massive structural debris from catastrophic collapse of Octagon.
In Deposit or Stratum
Koutsongila Deposit B14a
In Deposit or Stratum
Koutsongila Deposit B17
Location in unit
Middle to lower level across central to east trench.
Uninventoried Type Present
Basin, Bin, Pail, or Tub
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Brick
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Broneer Type XXVII Lamp
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Jar
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Middle-Late Roman Athenian lamp, early glazed
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Nail
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Tessera(e)
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Tile
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Unclassified Architectural Decoration
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Unclassified Cooking Ware
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Unclassified Glass
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Unclassified Mortar/Plaster
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Unclassified Plain Table Ware
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Unclassified Pottery
Linked to

KA037 (Early-Middle Roman Tegula Mammata)

KA038 (Early-Middle Roman Tegula Mammata)

KP258 (African Red-Slip Vessel Stamp)

KP259 (Late Roman-Early Byzantine Imported Cooking Pot)