Corinth Basket NB982 B89 P159

Collection:		Corinth
Type:		Basket
Name:		NB982 B89 P159
Area:		Panaghia north
Category:		Basket/zembil
Notebook:		982
Context:		89
Page:		159
Date:		2007/04/13
Lot:		Lot 2007-001
Stratum:		Cistern 2006-01 fill. Light yellowish brown; fine grained soft with 15% inclusions; very poorly sorted. Clayey sand.
Notes:		This basket is a continuation of basket 88, following a break upon noticing an increased number of cobble to boulder size inclusions. This layer also appears in the artificial scarp created by the 2006 excavation of the eastern half of the cistern. It appears as if we have reached a layer of fill with additional and larger inclusions. IN the first pass, a number of tile fragments and a few large fragments of cement in the eastern half of the basket. The cement fragments likely belong to a floor rather than from the cistern wall. The western half of the excavated area has not turned up any large rocks or tile or cement fragments. A few more inclusions, medium-sized pebbles turned up in the SW corner of the basket. Inclusions in the eastern portion of the excavated (basket 89) protion were up to 30% by the end of the first pass. Some mudbrick. A miniature bowl was uncovered at E 411.70, N 975.84, elevation 89.79. Two ocnical shaped loomweights were found in the second pass at the same level as the miniature bowl. A terracotta head was found at E 410.67, N 975.74, elevation 89.75. Two passes were taken in this basket because there was no change in the soil or its general composition. However, we noticed that the eastern half of the basket yielded significantly more roof tiles, cemented plaster, large cobbles and boulders, mudbrick chunks and quantity of pottery. At first we considered the possibility of a pit in the eastern half of the basket, however the lack of a soil change did not support this pit hypothesis. Consequently, a second pass was tkaen in this basket. Again the second pass revealed significantly fwer and smaller inclusions (including pottery) in the western half of the basket. The 2nd pass was taken down to a point where there were no more large inclusions (tiles, pottery, cement plaster, etc) visible in the artificial scarp created by the 2006 excavation of the eastern cistern fill. Example sof large inclusions found in the eastern half of basket 89 included several chunks of iron slag and a very large pithos rim. Small finds within this basket included two bags of bone (some pieces burned, a few tiny animal jaw bones, and at least one bone piece that was smoothly cut), shell, a few corroded metal chunks, a metal tack and an animal tooth. Small bits of mudbrick and charcoal were observed however there has not been as much as in some previous baskets. A bronze coin was found at E 411.66, N 95.01, elevation 89.76. In total, 2+ zembils of tile fragmetns and cement plaster were collected. All soilw as dry sifted except for two bags collected for water sieving. A third loomwieght was found at the same approximate level as the coin described above. We also observed a small burnt piece of mudbrick.
Context Pottery:		Coarseware. Mortar rim 1 (saved to lot) .; Fineware. Lekanis bowl rim 1 (saved to lot) .; Fineware. Conventionalizing pyxis base 1 (saved to lot) .; Fineware. Blister ware base 1 bs 1 (saved to lot) .; Fineware. Conventionalizing oinochoe bs 1 handle 1 (saved to lot) .; Fineware. Semi-glazed bowl rim 5 bs 3 (saved to lot) .; Fineware. Fish plate base 1 (saved to lot) .; Fineware. Bowl with bevelled rim rim 2 (saved to lot) .; Fineware. Unguentarium bs 1 (saved to lot) .; Fineware. Cyma kantharos rim 4 (saved to lot) .; Coarseware. Corinthian B rim 7 bs 4 handle 4 toe 2 (saved to lot) .; Cooking ware. Flanged casserole rim 9 handle 5 (saved to lot) .; Fineware. Miniature vessel base 2 cp 1 bs 1 handle 6 (saved to lot) .; Fineware. Geometric ? amphora bs 1 (saved to lot) .; Fineware. Bell krater rim 1 (saved to lot) .; Fineware. Miniature krater complete 1 Diam. rim 0.033 H. 0.018 (saved to lot) .; Fineware. Mushroom jug rim 3 (saved to lot) .; Coarseware. Corinthian A bs 16 handle 4 (saved to lot) .; Fineware. Blister ware ribbed aryballos bs 1 (saved to lot) .; Cooking ware. Chytra rim 12 handle 5 (saved to lot) .; Fineware. Ray based kotyle base 1 bs 2 rim 1 (saved to lot) .; Fineware. Handle ridged jug rim 1 (saved to lot) .; Fineware. One piece kantharos rim 2 (saved to lot) .; Fineware. Tall trefoil oinochoe bs 2 (saved to lot) .; Fineware. Bl gl oinochoe handle 1 (saved to lot) .; Fineware. Laconian ? krater handle 1 (saved to lot) .; Fineware. Saucer rim 5 (saved to lot) .; Cooking ware. Jug rim 3 handle 6 (saved to lot) .; Fineware. Echinus bowl rim 1 (saved to lot) .; Fineware. Calyx kantharos rim 1 handle 1 bs 1 (saved to lot) .; Fineware. One handler rim 3 (saved to lot) .; Coarseware. Lekane rim 11 base 2 (saved to lot) .; Fineware. Powder pyxis lid 1 (saved to lot) .
Pottery Summary:		242 frag(s) 1.54 kg. (100% saved) fineware.
		660 frag(s) 14.82 kg. (100% saved) coarseware.
		382 frag(s) 3.28 kg. (100% saved) cooking ware.
Context Artifacts:		Roof tile fragments 84, 59.3 kg; TC figurine knee with drapery 1 white slipped (saved to lot); Loomweights complete 1 fragmentary 1 Corinth XII profile type IX (saved to lot); Iron nail fragments shank 7 head 2 (saved to lot); Lamp bs 1 (saved to lot); Bronze clumps 4 (saved to lot); Iron fragments 4 (saved to lot); Pithos rim 4 (saved to lot); Iron tack shank bent L. 0.029 (saved to lot); Miniature lamp nozzle 1 (saved to lot); Perirrhanterion rim 2 (saved to lot); Iron slag fragments 12 (saved to lot); Iron tack fragments head and shank 1 head 1 (saved to lot); Ovis molar 1; Whet stone? 1 (saved to lot); Bronze pierced disc fragment 1 diam. 0.21 (saved to lot); Loomweight complete with two stamps below bevel NIKO above bevel loomweight Corinth XII profile X, no. 1151, pg 157 (saved to lot); Unidentified bone 50 (saved to lot); TC figurine drapery fragment 1 (saved to lot); Shell murex 3 (saved to lot); Andesite lower slab hopper mill stone 1 (saved to lot); Roof tiles 26 (saved to lot); Bronze fragment 1 (saved to lot); Bone unidentified 5; Bl gl lamp bs 3 (saved to lot); Small carnivore mandibles 2 (saved to lot)
Period:		3rd c. B.C.
Chronology:		Mid 3rd c. B.C.
Grid:		412.04-410.24E, 974.55-976.3N
XMin:		410.24
XMax:		412.04
YMin:		974.55
YMax:		976.3
Site:		Corinth
City:		Ancient Corinth
Country:		Greece
Masl:		89.76-90.1m.
References:		Coin: 2007 19 Coin: 2007 41 Coin: 2007 43 Notebook Page: NB 982, spread 92 (pp. 159 - 160)