KM435 (Ancient Marble Stopper or Plug) [permalink]
Type
Inventoried Object
Logical part of
Greek-American Excavations at Koutsongila Inventoried Objects
Typological identification
Stone Stopper
Comparanda
sim. KM272
Description
Small, circular disk has roughly worked and rounded edge. Comparable examples are identified as stoppers or plugs for storage. Cut from fragment of revetment in breccia di Sciro.
Preservation description
Almost intact. Very slight, sparse chipping and gouging; slight, sparse encrustation.
Published as
GrahamReese2022, pp. 1238-1239, 1245, 1246, no. 962, fig. 28.4
Maximum diameter
0.062
Thickness
0.0175
Explanation of deposition
Residual in Byzantine-Modern colluvium.
Material
Marble (Material)
In Excavated Unit
Locus TRB0914-003
Location in unit
Upper level, south of Octagon.
Drawing
Photograph