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Interpretation

- Interpretation fill for grave of HRU 2563* cut by 2050.
- Interpreted by
  - Cori Fenwick
- Interpreted on 12-7-2008

Stratigraphic Relationships

- VM_2050
  Cuts
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- VM_2564
- Covers
  VM_2519
- Covers
  VM_2563
- Fills
  VM_2565
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Description

Criteria of Distinctioncontents
Excavation Techniquesmall tools
Dimensionsx
Compositionclay, gravel, sand
Colourmid orangish-brown
Compactionhard
State of Conservationgood
Formationartificial
Geological Componentsstones
Organic Componentshuman bone, carbon
Artificial Componentsmortar, ceramic
DescriptionOval-shaped fill on E-W axis, of hard mid orange-brown gravelly, sandy clay. Minimal amounts of ceramic, many fragments of bone and mortar. Cut on NE corner by later pit (cut into tomb C).
Observationsdifficult to determine limits of cut
Chronological Elements
Palaeobotanical elements
Period
Phase
Stratigraphic Reliabilitygood

Ceramic Inventory

Spot-dating Notes

Ceramic InventoryThere are no results for this record

Basic Information

DefinitionFill of grave of HRU 2563

Tomb

Tomb VM_T106
- burial

Record Details

Director
- Lisa Fentress
Supervisor
- Cori Fenwick
Date of Excavation 12-7-2008
Issued to Caroline Goodson
Issued on 27-6-2008

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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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