BUILDING MATERIALS. Stone (2 frr., 0.11 kg): 1 Pentelic or gray variant (p.L. 0.076, Th. 0.015); 1 verde antico (p.L. 0.038, Th. 0.011). Mortar/plaster: 551 frr., 329.02 kg. Tesserae (410): 224 white, 95 red, 91 black. Tile/brick: 280 frr., 296.07 kg (including 3 with fingerprints and 1 with pawprint).
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MODERN DEBRIS. 1 fr. barbed wire.
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POTTERY. Roman (239 frr., 3.41 kg): African Red Slip; 1 unguentarium rim; unslipped table ware; utilitarian ware; cooking ware, including Late Roman NePcf; Campanian, MRA3, LRA1, LRA2, LRA5 amph.
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SMALL FINDS. Glass (5 frr.): 1 rim, light blue (outwardly folded, tubular lip); 1 rim, light green (outwardly folded, tubular lip); 1 body, blue; 1 body, colorless, thin; 1 window pane, yellowish green (cylinder-blown; cf. 669–673).
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SMALL FINDS. Metal: 5 frr. iron nails, heavily corroded incl 1 intact shank with head of uncertain shape (p.L. 0.044, Th. shank 0.009, W. head 0.024), 1 fr. shank with head of uncertain shape (p.L. 0.016, Th. 0.009, Diam. head 0.026), 1 shank (p.L. 0.068, Th. 0.007), 1 fr. shank with circular head (Type VII; (p.L. 0.050, Th. shank 0.007, Diam. head 0.022 m.), and 1 fr. rounded shank with domed, circular head (Type VII; p.L. 0.015, Th. shank 0.008, Diam. head 0.013).
Explanation of deposition
Sediment over central to south floor of chamber from use and disuse of Octagon, mixed with massive structural debris and disturbed by WWII ditch with foxholes cutting down into Octagon.