Locus TRB0914-009 [permalink]
Type
Locus
In excavation trench
Trench B-09-14
Logical part of
Loci
Published as
Rifeetal2022, pp. 85-86
Contents of Unit
BUILDING MATERIALS. Stone (2 frr., 0.04 kg): 2 Pentelic (p.L. 0.074, Th. 0.028; 1 chip). Mortar/plaster: 1 fr., 0.10 kg. Tesserae (17): 11 white, 1 red, 5 black. Tile/brick: 25 frr., 3.50 kg.
Contents of Unit
LAMP. (3 frr., 0.006 kg): Broneer Type XXVII body.
Contents of Unit
POTTERY. Roman (968 frr., 15.40 kg): ESA, ESC Hayes Form 1 (KP359), eastern Thin-Walled ware, Knidian Relief-ware patera with emblema of Silenus on sea-leopard (KP358), African Red Slip, regional red slip; unslipped pitcher, including NePcf; utilitarian (some with mortar), including basin/jar; cooking ware, including NePcf, Early-Middle Roman frying pan/casserole, everted-rim cooking pot, Late Roman-Early Byzantine globular(?) cooking pot (KP360); Dressel 2-4 Italian, MRA7, LRA1, LRA2, combed amphora.
Contents of Unit
SMALL FINDS. Glass (18 frr.): 1 rim/body, colorless (cylindrical cup with overhanging rim, KM413); 2 rim, green, thin (fire-polished lip); 1 body, yellowish green; 3 body, green; 1 body, bluish green; 1 body, blue, thick; 2 body, light blue, thin; 6 body, colorless; 1 base, green (folded, tubular ring base).
Contents of Unit
SMALL FINDS. Lithic: 1 obsidian secondary cortical flake (KM332).
Contents of Unit
SMALL FINDS. Metal: 2 total: 1 fr. iron nail shank (p.L. 0.020, Th. 0.007); 1fr. lead strip, irregular, twisted and folded: patch, shim, or sinker? (p.L. 0.026, Th. 0.002; cf. KM202).
Explanation of deposition
Early Byzantine colluvium over Building B6 south of Octagon.
In Deposit or Stratum
Koutsongila Stratum B5
Location in unit
Middle to lower level across south trench.
Uninventoried Type Present
Basin, Bin, Pail, or Tub
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Brick
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Broneer Type XXVII Lamp
Uninventoried Type Present
Dressel 2-4 Italian Amphora
Uninventoried Type Present
Early-Middle Roman Casserole
Uninventoried Type Present
Early-Middle Roman Cooking Pot
Uninventoried Type Present
Early-Middle Roman Frying Pan
Uninventoried Type Present
Jar
Uninventoried Type Present
Late Roman Amphora 1
Uninventoried Type Present
Late Roman Amphora 2
Uninventoried Type Present
Lead fill, frame, shim, strip, clamp, sheet, or raw-state
Uninventoried Type Present
Middle Roman Amphora 7
Uninventoried Type Present
Nail
Uninventoried Type Present
Regional Red Slip
Uninventoried Type Present
Tessera(e)
Uninventoried Type Present
Tile
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Unclassified African Red Slip
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Unclassified Architectural Decoration
Uninventoried Type Present
Unclassified Cooking Ware
Uninventoried Type Present
Unclassified Eastern Sigillata A
Uninventoried Type Present
Unclassified Eastern Thin-Walled Ware
Uninventoried Type Present
Unclassified Glass
Uninventoried Type Present
Unclassified Late Antique Combed Amphora
Uninventoried Type Present
Unclassified Mortar/Plaster
Uninventoried Type Present
Unclassified Plain Table Ware
Uninventoried Type Present
Unclassified Utilitarian Ware
Linked to

KM332 (Prehistoric Obsidian Flake)

KM413 (Middle-Late Roman Syro-Palestinian(?) glass cup)

KP358 (Knidian Relief-Ware Patera, Emblema)

KP359 (Eastern Sigillata C Loeschcke Form 29/Hayes Form 1)

KP360 (Late Roman-Early Byzantine Regional Cooking Pot)