Locus TRB0914-006 [permalink]
Type
Locus
In excavation trench
Trench B-09-14
Logical part of
Loci
Published as
Rifeetal2022, pp. 84-85
Contents of Unit
BUILDING MATERIALS. Mortar/plaster: 78 frr., 17.55 kg. Tesserae (11): 5 white, 2 red, 4 black. Tile/brick: 309 frr., 36.80 kg.
Contents of Unit
BUILDING MATERIALS. Stone (10 frr., 0.91 kg): 6 bluish gray schistose marble (p.L. 0.128, Th. 0.020; p.L. 0.106, Th. 0.019; p.L. 0.110, Th. 0.020; p.L. 0.072, Th. 0.008; p.L. 0.078, Th. 0.009; p.L. 0.051, Th. 0.007); 3 Pentelic incl 1 with bead (p.L. 0.150, Th. 0.042; p.L. 0.035, Th. 0.008; p.L. 0.109, Th. 0.012); 1 cipollino verde (p.L. 0.118, Th. 0.109).
Contents of Unit
COINS: reduced follis of Constantine II from Rome (337-340 CE; KC099); bronze coin of Honorius (393-423 CE; KC098).
Contents of Unit
MODERN DEBRIS. 2 grenade pins; 1 fr. barbed wire; 1 3 sardine-can key; 1 shredded foil wrapper: “Chocolat alsacien” (WWII-era).
Contents of Unit
POTTERY. Roman (383 frr., 6.79 kg): ESA, ESC, eastern Thin-Walled ware, African red slip, Late Roman C ware; unslipped table ware; utilitarian ware; cooking ware, including Late Roman-Eastern Byzantine (up to end 6th century); Dressel 2-4 Koan, MRA3, LRA1, LRA2, combed amphora.
Contents of Unit
SMALL FINDS. Glass (7 frr.): 1 body, bluish colorless (mold-blown squat bulbous cup with text in frieze in relief: [ΕΥΦΡ]ΑΙΝ[ΟΥΕΦΩΠΑΡΕΙ], KM411); 1 rim, light blue (thickened, fire-polished lip: cup); 2 body, colorless; 3 windowpane, light green (cylinder-blown; cf. KM468, KM469, KM470-473).
Contents of Unit
SMALL FINDS. Metal: 1 fr. iron nail shank with flat, rectangular head (Type VIII; p.L. 0.048, Th. shank 0.008, p.W. head 0.008).
Explanation of deposition
Massive structural debris from catastrophic collapse of Octagon, with slight contamination from mixed fill inside WWII ditch with foxholes cutting down into Octagon.
In Deposit or Stratum
Koutsongila Deposit B17
In Deposit or Stratum
Koutsongila Deposit B18
Location in unit
Middle level across northwest trench.
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Brick
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Dressel 2-4 Koan Amphora
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Glass Free-Blown Cup or Deep Bowl
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Late Roman Amphora 1
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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 African Red Slip
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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 Late Antique Combed Amphora
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Unclassified Late Roman C Ware
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Unclassified Mortar/Plaster
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Unclassified Plain Table Ware
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Unclassified Utilitarian Ware
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Window Pane
Linked to

KC098 (Late Roman bronze coin of Honorius)

KC099 (Late Roman bronze coin of Constantine II from Rome)

KM411 (Early Roman Syro-Palestinian mold-blown glass cup with motto)