Locus TRB0914-004 [permalink]
Type
Locus
In excavation trench
Trench B-09-14
Logical part of
Loci
Published as
Rifeetal2022, pp. 83-84
Contents of Unit
BUILDING MATERIALS. Stone (4 frr., 0.81 kg): 3 cipollino verde (p.L. 0.074, Th. 0.012; p.L. 0.069, Th. 0.013; p.L. 0.039, Th. 0.018); 1 Pentelic (p.L. 0.120, Th. 0.027). Mortar/plaster: 18 frr., 6.40 kg. Tesserae (84): 69 white, 7 red, 8 black. Tile/brick: 607 frr., 81.20 kg.
Contents of Unit
LAMP. (1 fr., 0.035 kg): Early Byzantine regional(?) imitation Syro-Cypriote discus/shoulder (raised circles+outlined rays and raised circles, KL256).
Contents of Unit
POTTERY. Greek (1 fr., 0.001 kg): 1 Corinthian fine ware (Classical one-handler rim).
Contents of Unit
POTTERY. Roman (202 frr., 2.99 kg): date-range to Early Byzantine, including ESA, ESC Hayes 2, eastern Thin-Walled ware, Athenian Gouged ware; unslipped table ware; utilitarian, including NePcf bowl, basin/jar; cooking ware, including Late Roman casserole?, Early-Middle Roman NePcf everted-rim cooking pot; MRA3, MRA7, LRA1, late LRA2, combed amphora.
Contents of Unit
SMALL FINDS. Glass (31 frr.): 1 body, yellowish colorless (convex body with row of applied warts: sprinkler, or possibly globular flask or rounded cup or bowl, KM434); 2 rim, light blue (fire-polished lip: cup); 1 rim/body, greenish colorless (deep bowl, KM433A); 1 body/base, bluish greenish colorless (deep bowl with applied solid ring base, KM320); 1 body/base, light yellowish green (thick-walled cup, bowl, dish, or lamp, KM408); 1 rim, greenish blue (shallow bowl or lamp, KM460); 2 rim/body, greenish colorless (beaker or deep bowl, KM410); 1 body/base, yellowish colorless with a tinge of green (ovoid? beaker, bowl or jar, KM322); 2 rim/neck, light green (flask or jug with funnel mouth, KM407/409); 1 body, greenish colorless (jar or flask with pinched decoration, KM433B); 1 handle, light green (conical bowl lamp with thick coil handle, KM318); 3 body, light yellowish green; 1 base, green (folded, tubular ring base); 1 body, dark blue; 6 body, light blue; 1 body, colorless, thin; 1 body, colorless (applied trail decoration); 1 body, colorless (moldmade seam); 3 windowpane, light green (cylinder-blown; cf. KM368, KM369, KM371-373.
Contents of Unit
SMALL FINDS. Metal: 1 fr. iron nail (Type VII/VIII; KM282).
Explanation of deposition
Early Byzantine colluvium over Building B6 south of Octagon.
In Deposit or Stratum
Koutsongila Stratum B5
Location in unit
Upper to middle level across south trench.
Uninventoried Type Present
Athenian Late Roman Gouged Ware
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Basin, Bin, Pail, or Tub
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Bowl
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Brick
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Early-Middle Roman Cooking Pot
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Greek Pottery
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Jar
Uninventoried Type Present
Late Antique Casserole
Uninventoried Type Present
Late Roman Amphora 1
Uninventoried Type Present
Late Roman Amphora 2
Uninventoried Type Present
Middle Roman Amphora 3
Uninventoried Type Present
Middle Roman Amphora 7
Uninventoried Type Present
Moldmade Glass Vessel
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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 Eastern Sigillata A
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Unclassified Eastern Sigillata C
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Unclassified Eastern Thin-Walled Ware
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Unclassified Glass
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Unclassified Late Antique Combed Amphora
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Unclassified Mortar/Plaster
Uninventoried Type Present
Unclassified Plain Table Ware
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Unclassified Utilitarian Ware
Uninventoried Type Present
Window Pane
Linked to

KL256 (Early Byzantine Regional Circular Lamp)

KM282 (Iron nail)

KM318 (Late Roman-Early Byzantine Eastern Glass Bowl(?) Lamp)

KM320 (Early-Middle Roman Glass Deep Bowl)

KM322 (Middle-Late Roman Glass Beaker, Bowl, or Jar)

KM407/409 (Middle-Late Roman Glass flask or jug)

KM408 (Late Roman-Early Byzantine Glass cup, bowl, dish, or lamp)

KM410 (Early-Middle Roman Glass beaker or deep bowl)

KM433a (Early-Middle Roman Glass deep bowl)

KM433b (Middle-Late Roman Syro-Palestinian glass jar or flask)

KM434 (Middle-Late Roman Glass sprinkler(?))

KM460 (Roman Glass shallow bowl or lamp)