Locus TRB0913-006 [permalink]
Type
Locus
In excavation trench
Trench B-09-13
Logical part of
Loci
Published as
Rifeetal2022, p. 80
Contents of Unit
BUILDING MATERIALS. Mortar/plaster: 63 frr., 0.33 kg. Tesserae (133): 74 white, 27 red, 32 black.
Contents of Unit
COIN: follis of Justinian I from Constantinople (541/2 C.E.; KC101).
Contents of Unit
POTTERY. Roman (131 frr., 2.90 kg): 1 ESB body with mortar, Athenian Painted-ware keel-rim bowl (KP363); plain ware; utilitarian ware; cooking ware; MRA7.
Contents of Unit
SMALL FINDS. Glass (1 fr.): base, light greenish blue (goblet with tall, hollow stem, KM321).
Contents of Unit
SMALL FINDS. Metal: 7 total: 1 bronze needle (KM331); 4 nonjoining frr. iron nails, heavily corroded incl 3 shanks with domed, circular heads (Type VII; p.L. 0.054, Th. shank 0.009, Diam. head 0.018; p.L. 0.043, Th. shank 0.007, Diam. head 0.025; p.L. 0.031, Th. shank 0.008, Diam. head 0.021), 1 convex head, probably circular (p.Diam. 0.018); 2 frr. iron, irregular: nail shanks? (max. p. dim. 0.017, 0.016).
Explanation of deposition
Sediment over central to south floor of chamber from use and disuse of Octagon, with slight contamination from mixed fill in WWII ditch cutting down into Octagon.
In Deposit or Stratum
Koutsongila Deposit B14a
In Deposit or Stratum
Koutsongila Deposit B18
Location in unit
Lower level in central to northwest trench/south chamber of Octagon.
Uninventoried Type Present
Middle Roman Amphora 7
Uninventoried Type Present
Nail
Uninventoried Type Present
Tessera(e)
Uninventoried Type Present
Unclassified Cooking Ware
Uninventoried Type Present
Unclassified Eastern Sigillata B
Uninventoried Type Present
Unclassified Mortar/Plaster
Uninventoried Type Present
Unclassified Plain Table Ware
Uninventoried Type Present
Unclassified Utilitarian Ware
Linked to

KC101 (Late Roman follis of Justinian I from Constantinople)

KM321 (Late Roman-Early Byzantine Glass Goblet)

KM331 (Late Roman-Early Byzantine Bronze Needle)

KP363 (Athenian Painted-Ware Keel-Rim Bowl)