Chersonesos - Record View Page: CH05SR

Archival Resource Key: ark:/87610/t66h2r/sfi_cd/CH05SR_3329

Short Description key (from sieve)
Description bulbous mass of encrustation 3cm x 2.5cm x 1.3cm masks all of one end; out of this projects a shaft of copper/copper alloy 3cm long of round cross-section 0.4cm diameter; at its end a 1.5cm long, 0.9cm wide, 0.15cm thick rectangular element projects laterally; this contains, 1cm from end, a square (0.3cm) hole; this end generally corroded and lightly encrusted.

Context: CH05SR_603
- Compact soil - with brown-grey color. Includes bones, ceramics, tile fragments. In 2005, was found to cover most of room except for the area along the SW wall excavated in 2004 -- although it may have originally been present there, as well; thin deposit 3-5cm deep, directly over bedrock in several places in the center of the room and near the door to room 31a. Near the area of the hearth, between it and the E corner, we found most of an articulated vessel crushed into the floor; another articulated vessel was also found in this floor. Several stones had been placed level with the surface of the floor in the N corner and along the NE wall