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Interpretation

- Interpretation Tip to fill praefurnium mouth
- Interpreted by
  - Megan McNamee
- Interpreted on 24-7-2008

Stratigraphic Relationships

- VM_4149
  Covers
- VM_4215
  Cuts
- Edit
- VM_4218
- Fills
  VM_4126
- Covers
  VM_4219
- Edit

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Site Photo

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Description

Criteria of Distinctionconsistency, components
Excavation Techniquepick, trowel
DimensionsN-S: 0.43 m; E-W: 1.02 m
Compositionclay
Colourredisia brown
Compactionloose
State of Conservationgood
Formationartificial
Geological Componentsstones, pebbles, clay, limestone
Organic Componentsflecks of carbon, traces of lime
Artificial Componentschunks of red cement, fragments of worked colored serpentino marble, plaster, fragments of bark, some fragments of ceramic glass
Descriptionmarble tip consisting mainly of large inclusions (more than 0.10) in the mouth of the lime kiln cut by 4215 and sitting on a fine layer or burnt earth
Observations
Chronological Elements
Palaeobotanical elements
Period
Phase
Stratigraphic Reliabilityhigh

Ceramic Inventory

Spot-dating Notes

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Basic Information

DefinitionDeposit/tip of rubble in mouth of praefurnium (early fill)

Architectural Elements

Arch. Element VM_AE1037
- CatalogueMedieval
- Images

Plan

Plan VM_90

Record Details

Director
- Lisa Fentress
Supervisor
- Caroline Goodson
Date of Excavation 24-7-2008
Issued to Megan McNamee
Issued on 25-7-2008

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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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