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Interpretation

- Interpretation Cut for a dolium in floor pavement 6278
- Interpreted by
  - Seth Bernard
- Interpreted on 22-7-2009

Stratigraphic Relationships

- VM_6281
  Fills
- Edit
- VM_6283
- Cuts
  VM_6278
- Cuts
  VM_6284
- Edit

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Description

Criteria of Distinctionshape
Excavation Techniquetrowel
Dimensionsdiameter at top: .77 m; diameter at clay: .44 m
Composition
Colour
Compaction
State of Conservationmedium
Formationman-made
Geological Components
Organic Components
Artificial Components
DescriptionThe cut was made through the cement floor 6278 and then through a layer of broken brick, then a layer of limestone chips and lime, and finally bottoms out onto yellow clean clay. The round shape is indicative that the hole originally as intended for a dolium.
Observationsno fragments of dolium found in fill
Chronological Elements
Palaeobotanical elements
Period
Phase
Stratigraphic Reliability

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Basic Information

DefinitionCut for a dolium

Plan

Plan VM_338

Record Details

Director
- Lisa Fentress
Supervisor
- Seth Bernard
Date of Excavation 20-7-2009
Issued to Seth Bernard
Issued on 22-7-2009

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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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