- Locus TRC0701-005 [permalink]
- Type
- Locus
- In excavation trench
- Trench C-07-01
- Logical part of
- Loci
- Published as
- Rifeetal2022, pp. 88-89
- Associated with Burial Context
- Koutsongila Grave 51
- Contents of Unit
- BUILDING MATERIALS. Stone (1 fr., 0.01 kg): 1 Proconnesian (p.L. 0.113, Th. 0.009). Mortar/plaster: 122 frr., 5.15 kg. Tile/brick: 93 frr., 5.80 kg (including few in greenish yellow early Corinthian fabric).
- Contents of Unit
- LAMP. (4 frr., 0.043 kg): 1 Broneer XXVII body; 1 Athenian early glazed shoulder/handle; 1 LR Egyptian? (discus/shoulder (raised dots+lozenges and small circles, KL226); 1 unknown body.
- Contents of Unit
- POTTERY. Greek (3 frr., 0.017 kg): 1 Corinthian fine ware (Hellenistic Hexamilia kantharos handle/body), 2 Corinthian coarse ware (2 lekane body).
- Contents of Unit
- POTTERY. Roman (695 frr., 8.48 kg): date range to Late Roman. ESA, ESB, ARS; cooking ware; Campanian, early MWJ/MRA3, MRA7, African, and combed amphora.
- Contents of Unit
- SMALL FINDS. Glass (5 frr.): 1 body, greenish yellow (ribbed bowl); 1 body, light green; 1 body, light blue; 2 body, colorless, thin.
- Contents of Unit
- SMALL FINDS. Metal: 33 frr. from at least 15 iron nails, heavily corroded incl 1 intact with slightly domed, circular head (Type VII; p.L. 0.075, Th. shank 0.007, Diam. head 0.019), 2 frr. shank with domed, circular head (Type VII; p.L. 0.052, Th. shank 0.006, Diam. head 0.016; p.L. 0.018, Th. shank 0.007, Diam. head 0.013), 3 frr. shanks with flat, rectangular heads (Type VIII; p.L. 0.011–0.018, Th. 0.003–0.008, p.W. head 0.018, 0.020, 0.017), 3 frr. shanks (p.L. 0.020, 0.016, 0.014, Th. 0.003–0.010), 2 domed, circular heads (Type VII; Diam. 0.016, 0.016), and 22 small frr. shanks.
- Contents of Unit
- SMALL FINDS. Wood: numerous small frr. wooden planks(?) from wooden coffin, affixed with nails (q.v.).
- Explanation of deposition
- Residual in Roman-Late Antique colluvium on central ridge, around Tomb 10, mixed with Early-Middle Roman fill inside cist of Grave 51.
- In Deposit or Stratum
- Koutsongila Stratum C1
- Location in unit
- In middle to lower level around dromos of Tomb 10 and in Grave 51.
- Soil matrix
- Light yellowish brown, loose, very fine sand with numerous pebbles to gravel (1–7 cm range) and rare calcareous chunks.
- Uninventoried Type Present
- African Amphora, Unclassified
- Uninventoried Type Present
- Brick
- Uninventoried Type Present
- Broneer Type XXVII Lamp
- Uninventoried Type Present
- Campanian Amphora, Unclassified
- Uninventoried Type Present
- Early Micaceous Water Jar
- Uninventoried Type Present
- Middle Roman Amphora 3
- Uninventoried Type Present
- Middle Roman Amphora 7
- Uninventoried Type Present
- Middle-Late Roman Athenian lamp, early glazed
- Uninventoried Type Present
- Nail
- Uninventoried Type Present
- Tile
- Uninventoried Type Present
- Unclassified African Red Slip
- Uninventoried Type Present
- Unclassified Building Stone
- Uninventoried Type Present
- Unclassified Cooking Ware
- Uninventoried Type Present
- Unclassified Eastern Sigillata A
- Uninventoried Type Present
- Unclassified Eastern Sigillata B
- Uninventoried Type Present
- Unclassified Glass
- Uninventoried Type Present
- Unclassified Lamp
- Uninventoried Type Present
- Unclassified Late Antique Combed Amphora
- Uninventoried Type Present
- Unclassified Mortar/Plaster
- Uninventoried Type Present
- Wooden Coffin
