Locus TRB0914-005 [permalink]
Type
Locus
In excavation trench
Trench B-09-14
Logical part of
Loci
Published as
Rifeetal2022, p. 84
Contents of Unit
BUILDING MATERIALS. Stone (10 frr., 0.53 kg): 6 Pentelic, patches of rust (p.L. 0.055, Th. 0.023; p.L. 0.0713, Th. 0.0146; p.L. 0.0619, Th. 0.0146; 3 chips); 4 bluish gray schistose marble (p.L. 0.096, Th. 0.022; p.L. 0.0794, Th. 0.007; p.L. 0.0609, Th. 0.0095; 1 chip). Mortar/plaster: 45 frr., 6.20 kg. Tesserae (31): 18 white, 6 red, 7 black. Tile/brick: 326 frr., 31.86 kg.
Contents of Unit
MODERN DEBRIS. 1 fr. barbed wire.
Contents of Unit
POTTERY. Roman (690 frr., 11.26 kg): basin/jar; cooking ware; MRA3, LRA2.
Contents of Unit
SMALL FINDS. Glass (11 frr.): 1 rim, light blue (outwardly folded, tubular lip); 1 body, green; 2 body, light green, thin; 3 body, light blue; 2 body, colorless, thick; 2 body, colorless, thin.
Contents of Unit
SMALL FINDS. Metal: 2 total: 1 bronze thimble (KM283); 1 intact iron nail with flat, rectangular head (Type VIII; L. 0.050, Th. shank 0.005, W. head 0.020).
Contents of Unit
SMALL FINDS. Stone: bluish gray schistose marble palette (KM278).
Explanation of deposition
Massive structural debris from catastrophic collapse of Octagon, disturbed by WWII ditch cutting down into Octagon.
In Deposit or Stratum
Koutsongila Deposit B17
In Deposit or Stratum
Koutsongila Deposit B18
Location in unit
Middle level across central to northeast trench.
Uninventoried Type Present
Basin, Bin, Pail, or Tub
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Brick
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Jar
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Late Roman Amphora 2
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Middle Roman Amphora 3
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Modern Debris
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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 Pottery
Linked to

KM278 (Roman Bluish-Gray Schistose Marble Palette)

KM283 (Bronze thimble)