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Interpretation

- Interpretation Fill for grave of 4390*
- Interpreted by
  - Megan McNamee
- Interpreted on 24-7-2009

Stratigraphic Relationships

- VM_4390
  Covers
- VM_4431
  Cuts
- Edit
- VM_4391
- Covers
  VM_4390
- Fills
  VM_4392
- Edit

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Description

Criteria of Distinctionfill for 4390
Excavation Techniquesmall tools, trowel
DimensionsE-W: 145 cm; N-S: 55 cm; height: 13 cm
Compositionlight, ashy/sandy earth with decomposed tufa and fragments of painted plaster
Colourgray-black
Compactionvery loose
State of Conservationgood
Formationartificial
Geological Componentsearth, pebbles
Organic Componentscarbon, tufa
Artificial Componentspainted plaster fragments decorated with red and gray, brick fragments
Descriptionblack light earth with fragments of white malta; painted plaster fragments found at east of grave
Observationssee observations for 4390* regarding tomb structure
Chronological Elements
Palaeobotanical elements
Period
Phase
Stratigraphic Reliabilityhigh

Ceramic Inventory

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Basic Information

DefinitionFill for 4390*

Tomb

Tomb VM_T381
- burial

Record Details

Director
- Lisa Fentress
Supervisor
- Caroline Goodson
Date of Excavation
Issued to Megan McNamee
Issued on 16-7-2009

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Fentress, E., Goodson, C., Maiuro, M., Andrews, M., Dufton, J.A. (eds.) 2016. Villa Magna: an Imperial Estate and its Legacies. Excavations 2006–2010. British School at Rome, Rome.

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