Interpretation
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- 3124 and 3132 are the praefornium walls for casting the bell. The mold rested on top of them and fire burned between the two walls. Clay, 3130 was packed around the mold and the circumfrence of the bell can be seen in the this clay.
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- Megan McNamee
- 27-7-2007
Stratigraphic Relationships
- No Linked Records
Description
- brick wall on west side of bell-casting pit - praefurnium
- form, brick type
- complete
- masonry
- wall is unfinished on its vertical face, but finished with a layer of yellow clay and broken tiles on top (3134)
- height: 0.29 m; N-S: 0.98 m; E-W: 0.32 m
- dry, brittle cement with pebble inclusions
- variesrn
- Bricks of various thicknesses were used (0.03-0.05 m). Their shapes are also irregular. They are of a deep red-orange color, but that might be due to firing. They are totally charred along their eastern edge.
- light bluish gray color with black flecks and pebbles
- 5 cm
- Wall 3124 was built against wall 3106 and has a N-S orientation. It extends eastward for wall 3106. Along its eastern face it is straight, whereas its western face follows the curve of 3106. It sits within the cut made for the bell-casting pit, but is not housed in a foundation trench/cut made specifically for it. The wall sits on top of a sculpted clay base 3137. The southern end of the wall was cut for the building of the south wall.
- 3124 and 3132 are the praefurnium walls for casting the bell. The mold rested on top of them and fire burned between the two walls. Clay, 3130 was packed around the mold and the circumfrence of the bell can be seen in the this clay.
Basic Information
- brick wall on west side of bell-casting pit - praefurnium
Plan
Record Details
- Megan McNamee
- 3-7-2007