Locus TRC0703-002 [permalink]
Type
Locus
In excavation trench
Trench C-07-03
Logical part of
Loci
Published as
Rifeetal2022, p. 91
Contents of Unit
COIN: dichalkon of Kings of Macedonia (ca. 325–300 BCE; KC032).
Contents of Unit
INSCRIPTION: Late Roman-Early Byzantine marble plaque with Christian epitaph (KI009, joins G48-3).
Contents of Unit
LAMP (8 frr., 0.152 kg): 1 red-on-white handle; 1 Bronzer XXVII handle (waterworn?); 1 Athenian early glazed discus/shoulder/handle (rosette + vine); 2 Ath late unglazed shoulder (1 herringbone); 1 LR Athenian imitation African near complete (Jesus Christ the Savior, ΑⲰ+single row quadruple circles, KL049); 2 unknown body sherds.
Contents of Unit
POTTERY. Roman (223 frr., 2.45 kg): date range to Late Roman. ESB, ESC; unslipped table ware; basin?; cooking ware; Dressel 2-4, MRA3, combed amphora.
Contents of Unit
SMALL FINDS. Glass (6 frr.): 1 base, bluish colorless (cup or small bowl, KM441A); 1 base, light blue (cup or small bowl, KM465); 1 body/base, greenish colorless (shallow bowl or dish, KM466); 1 body/base, light green (ovoid or conical beaker, KM431); 1 base, colorless, thick (ovoid? beaker, KM441B); 1 body, rich light blue to greenish blue or turquoise, thick (fr. B; see Papageorgiouetal2022, p. 911, n. 17).
Contents of Unit
SMALL FINDS. Metal: 1 intact iron nail with domed, circular head, heavily corroded and bent obliquely (Type VII; p.L. 0.060, Th. shank 0.008, Diam. 0.015).
Explanation of deposition
Residual in Byzantine-Modern colluvium and topsoil on central ridge. Some remains from Late Roman-Early Byzantine funerary activity at graves.
In Deposit or Stratum
Koutsongila Stratum C2
Location in unit
In all levels cross entire trench.
Uninventoried Type Present
Basin, Bin, Pail, or Tub
Uninventoried Type Present
Broneer Type XXVII Lamp
Uninventoried Type Present
Dressel 2-4 Unclassified
Uninventoried Type Present
Early Roman Asia Minor Lamp, red-on-white
Uninventoried Type Present
Late Roman Athenian Lamp, late unglazed (“postglaze”)
Uninventoried Type Present
Middle Roman Amphora 3
Uninventoried Type Present
Middle-Late Roman Athenian lamp, early glazed
Uninventoried Type Present
Nail
Uninventoried Type Present
Unclassified Cooking Ware
Uninventoried Type Present
Unclassified Eastern Sigillata B
Uninventoried Type Present
Unclassified Eastern Sigillata C
Uninventoried Type Present
Unclassified Glass
Uninventoried Type Present
Unclassified Lamp
Uninventoried Type Present
Unclassified Late Antique Combed Amphora
Uninventoried Type Present
Unclassified Plain Table Ware
Uninventoried Type Present
Unclassified Pottery
Linked to

KC032 (Early Hellenistic bronze coin, Anonymous Macedonian royal issue)

KI009+KI021 (Late Roman-Early Byzantine Christian Greek Epitaph)

KL049 (Late Roman Athenian Lamp)

KM431 (Early-Middle Roman Glass beaker)

KM441A (Early-Middle Roman Glass Cup or Small Bowl)

KM441b (Early-Middle Roman Glass Beaker)

KM465 (Early-Middle Roman Glass cup or small bowl)

KM466 (Early-Middle Roman Glass shallow bowl or dish)