Kenchreai Archaeological Archive
Locus TRB0914-001
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Type
Locus
In excavation trench
Trench B-09-14
Logical part of
Loci
Published as
Rifeetal2022
, p. 82
Contents of Unit
BUILDING MATERIALS. Mortar/plaster: 9 frr., 0.95 kg. Painted plaster (5 frr.): 2 white; 1 dark red; 1 orange; 1 orangish yellow. Tesserae (26): 18 white, 5 red, 3 black. Tile/brick: 130 frr., 13.50 kg.
Contents of Unit
BUILDING MATERIALS. Stone (14 frr., 1.73 kg): 9 Pentelic, including 1 with 1 rounded edge (p.L. 0.056, Th. 0.007; p.L. 0.026, Th. 0.013; p.L. 0.063, Th. 0.017; p.L. 0.093, Th. 0.011; p.L. 0.103, Th. 0.014; p.L. 0.125, Th. 0.014; p.L. 0.062, Th. 0.008); 1 Proconnesian (p.L. 0.184, Th. 0.015); 1 bluish gray schistose marble (p.L. 0.064, Th. 0.013); 1 Africano (p.L. 0.083, Th. 0.017); 1 pavonazzetto (p.L. 0.045, Th. 0.012); 1 lumachella (p.L. 0.048, Th. 0.007).
Contents of Unit
MODERN DEBRIS. 8 grenade pins, 1 sardine-can key, 1 plastic knob, 1 fr. iron, 1 fr. glass.
Contents of Unit
POTTERY. Greek (7 frr., 0.087 kg): 3 Corinthian fine ware (1 open-shape rim; 1 krater body; 1 open-shape body), 4 Corinthian A/A′ amphora.
Contents of Unit
POTTERY. Roman (1,878 frr., 25.49 kg): standard colluvial assemblage, date-range to Late Roman.
Contents of Unit
SMALL FINDS. Glass (12 frr.): 1 base, opaque red (bowl?, KM476); 1 handle, light green (jug or bottle with flat strap handle, KM414); 1 body, yellowish green; 6 body, light blue, thin; 2 body, colorless; 1 body, colorless (convex wall with rib pinched out).
Contents of Unit
SMALL FINDS. Lithic: 1 andesite cobble used as handstone (KM262).
Explanation of deposition
Byzantine-Modern colluvium and topsoil over area of Octagon, mixed with fill in WWII ditch cutting down into Octagon.
In Deposit or Stratum
Koutsongila Deposit B18
In Deposit or Stratum
Koutsongila Stratum B6
Location in unit
Ground level across entire trench.
Uninventoried Type Present
Brick
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Corinthian Type A Amphora
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Greek Pottery
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Modern Debris
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Painted or Molded Plaster
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Tessera(e)
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Tile
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Unclassified Architectural Decoration
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Unclassified Glass
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Unclassified Mortar/Plaster
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Unclassified Pottery
Linked to
KM262 (Andesite Handstone)
KM414 (Roman Glass jug)
KM476 (Early Roman Imported Red Cast-Glass Bowl)