Locus TRC0806-001 [permalink]
Type
Locus
In excavation trench
Trench C-08-06
Logical part of
Loci
Published as
Rifeetal2022, p. 95
Contents of Unit
BUILDING MATERIALS. Mortar/plaster: 940 frr., 91.30 kg. Tile/brick: 585 frr., 172.60 kg.
Contents of Unit
LAMP. (30 frr., 0.099 kg): 16 Italian discus/shoulder/round nozzle/base (Mercury with ram and rooster, KL102); 14 Broneer Type XXVII: 4 XXVIIC discus/shoulder (Poseidon, KL103), 1 shoulder (ovules), 4 handle, 3 body, 2 base.
Contents of Unit
MODERN DEBRIS. 1 shotgun shell casing; 1 fr. modern glass; 1 used Nescafé packet.
Contents of Unit
POTTERY. Byzantine (1 fr., 0.010 kg): 1 base: tall ring foot, interior has white slip and light green glaze (13th-14th century).
Contents of Unit
POTTERY. Greek (12 frr., 0.100 kg): 7 Corinthian fine ware (3 cup handles; 1 cup/pitcher handle; 1 cup base; 1 krater body; 1 cup body), 2 Attic fine ware (1 kylix handle; 1 open-shape body); 3 Corinthian A/A′ amphora.
Contents of Unit
POTTERY. Roman (739 frr., 5.90 kg): standard colluvial assemblage date-range to Late Roman, including Early Roman bulbous unguentarium (KP178); early micaceous water jar (KP177).
Contents of Unit
SMALL FINDS. Glass (11 frr.): 3 body, light green; 2 body, light blue; 2 body, bluish colorless; 4 body, colorless.
Explanation of deposition
Floor deposit from funerary activity in above-ground chamber tomb (Building C1), mixed with structural debris from collapse of building and debris from recent looting on central slope and into southwest area of building.
In Deposit or Stratum
Koutsongila Deposit C1
In Deposit or Stratum
Koutsongila Deposit C3
In Deposit or Stratum
Koutsongila Deposit C5c
Location in unit
From ground down into pit, northwest corner of trench, over southwest corner of building and grave 60
Uninventoried Type Present
Brick
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Broneer Type XXVII Lamp
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Byzantine Glazed Pottery
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Corinthian Type A Amphora
Uninventoried Type Present
Greek Pottery
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Modern Debris
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Tile
Uninventoried Type Present
Unclassified Mortar/Plaster
Uninventoried Type Present
Unclassified Pottery
Linked to

KL102 (Early-Middle Roman Italian Lamp)

KL103 (Early-Middle Roman Corinthian Lamp)

KP177 (Middle Roman Amphora 3)

KP178 (Early Roman Piriform Unguentarium)