| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Basket | |
| Name: | NB982 B92 P167 | |
| Area: | Panaghia north | |
| Category: | Basket/zembil | |
| Notebook: | 982 | |
| Context: | 92 | |
| Page: | 167 | |
| Date: | 2007/04/17 | |
| Lot: | Lot 2007-001 | |
| Stratum: | Cistern 2006-01 fill. Light yellowish brown; fine grained soft; 15% inclusions, coarse pebbles, very poorly sorted. Clayey sand. | |
| Notes: | This basket is a continuation of basket 91, begun after an arbitrary stop. In the first pass, a miniature lamp with evidence of burning at the nozzle was discovered at E 410.73, N 975.57, elevation 89.28. In the second pass, just before the bottom of the cistern, a bronze coin was found at E 410.91, N 975.82, elevation 89.21. Another coin, on the bottom of the cistern floor was found at E 410.46, N 975.91, elevation 89.20. Three more coins were found in quick succession, the first at E 410.39, N 975.63, elevation 89.21; the second at E 410.51, N 975.62, elevation 89.20; the third was found at E 410.35, N 975.62, elevation 89.20. These were all on the floor of the cistern. Another coin was found at E 411.44, N 975.21, elevation 89.23, on the cistern floor. Two passes were taken in this basket to reach the bottom surface of the cistern. We believe that the cistern represents one fill as we were unable to find a use fill. Charcoal chunks with ashy-like soil, mudbrick chunks, small roof tile fragments, iron slag and cobble to boulder sized rocks continued to appear throughout the entire basket. The only significant difference observed in this basket was a significant amount of light yellowish gray clay chunks. We only encountered this marl like substance in this basket; this clay was more prevalent in the second pass than in the first. The clay resembles the typical light gray clay source near Acrocorinth. Guy Sanders stated that this clay is used unbaked in floors or in roofs. It seems that these clay chunks were thrown into the cistern at the same time as the rest of the fill. One-half to three-quarter of a zembil of roof tiles and cement lining was collected in this basket. Most of the pieces were small but there was one extremely large tile fragment (L.=45 cm) which appears at the top of the Basket 92 sketch (see notebook page 168). Small finds included bone, shell, two loomweights which are stamped, corroded bronze, lamp fragments, iron nail fragments and an olive pit. It is interesting that five bronze coins (see above) were found on the bottom surface of the cistern, however the consistant nature of both our finds and the soil indicates only cistern fill and no use fill. All soil was dry sieved except for two bags of soil collected for water sieving. | |
| Context Pottery: | Fineware. Tall trefoil oinochoe bs 4 (saved to lot) .; Fineware. Lekanis bowl rim 1 (saved to lot) .; Fineware. Calyx kantharos Attic rim 4 bs 3 handle 3 (saved to lot) .; Fineware. One piece kantharos rim 1 (saved to lot) .; Cooking ware. Pitcher rim 3 handle 2 (saved to lot) .; Fineware. Skyphos foot 2 rim 3 (saved to lot) .; Coarseware. Corinthian B handle 23 rim 2 toe 2 bs 4 (saved to lot) .; Fineware. Echinus bowl rim 3 (saved to lot) .; Fineware. Miniature pots base 2 handle 3 (saved to lot) .; Fineware. West Slope ware bs 2 (saved to lot) .; Coarseware. Mortar rim 1 base 2 (saved to lot) .; Fineware. Small bowl with bevelled rim rim 1 (saved to lot) .; Fineware. Kantharos foot 3 (saved to lot) .; Cooking ware. Lid knob 1 (saved to lot) .; Fineware. One handler rim 2 (saved to lot) .; Fineware. Interior glazed pitcher or amphora base 7 bs 12 handle 4 (saved to lot) .; Coarseware. Amphora handle with thumb print (saved to lot) .; Fineware. Handle ridged jug neck 2 rim 3 (saved to lot) .; Coarseware. Lekane rim 18 one with painted design base 3 (saved to lot) .; Fineware. Cyma kantharos rim 1 (saved to lot) .; Fineware. Blister ware bs 3 (saved to lot) .; Fineware. Conventionalizing pyxis rim 2 bs 1 (saved to lot) .; Fineware. Bl gl oinchoe base 3 (saved to lot) .; Fineware. Imitation Cypriot bs 4 (saved to lot) .; Fineware. Hellenistic bowl or plate foot 9 (saved to lot) .; Fineware. Water pitcher rim 1 (saved to lot) .; Fineware. Bell krater bs 2 (saved to lot) .; Cooking ware. Chytra rim 7 handle 2 (saved to lot) .; Fineware. Semi-glazed bowl rim 8 bs 4 (saved to lot) .; Fineware. Mushroom jug base 1 (saved to lot) .; Fineware. Saucer rim 4 (saved to lot) .; Fineware. Blister ware ribbed aryballos bs 1 (saved to lot) .; Fineware. Calyx kantharos Corinthian rim 1 bs 2 (saved to lot) .; Coarseware. Corinthian A handle 1 bs 18 (saved to lot) .; Cooking ware. Flanged casserole rim 5 handle 1 (saved to lot) .; Fineware. Imitation Blister ware base 1 (saved to lot) .; Fineware. Unguentarium toe 2 (saved to lot) . | |
| Pottery Summary: | 224 frag(s) 2.1 kg. (100% saved) fineware. | |
| 663 frag(s) 20.86 kg. (100% saved) coarseware. | ||
| 189 frag(s) 1.52 kg. (100% saved) cooking ware. | ||
| Context Artifacts: | Phalange unidentified 2; Iron tack head 2 shank 7 fragment 1 Diam. head 0.021 (saved to lot); Iron slag fragments 12 (saved to lot); Bronze ring fragment originally identified as Coin 2007-35 (saved to lot); Perirrhanterion bowl rim 1 pedastal 1 (saved to lot); Pithos base 1 rim 2 bs 2 (saved to lot); Roof tile fragments 56, 18 kg; Lamp nozzle 1 (saved to lot); Incised bone fragment L. 0.028 W. 0.013 Th. 0.001 (saved to lot); Ovis horn core 1 (saved to lot); Bl gl lamp rim 1 bs 1 (saved to lot); Roof tile fragments 26, 1.42 kg (saved to lot); Fish vertebrae 1; Miniature lamp complete as L. 1971-2 (saved to lot); Iron lumps 19 (saved to lot); Terracotta figurine animal leg 1 (saved to lot); Bronze slag 1 (saved to lot); Loomweight with rectangular stamp empty 1 L. 0.084 max. diam. 0.055 (see C. XII type X pg 149) (saved to lot); Loomweight complete 1with two stamps below bevel MELIS above bevel loomweight Corinth XII profile X, stamp as no.1163 (saved to lot); Canus mandible 1 (saved to lot); Small carniverous animal incisor 1; Avis 1; Bos phalange 1 (saved to lot); Bone unidentified 15; Lamp disk similar to L. 1970-3 and L. 4345 (saved to lot); Other bone 30 (saved to lot); Shell Gaederopus 1 (saved to lot); Scapula unidentified 1; Iron nail fragments shank 3 max. L. 0.051 max W. 0.014 (saved to lot); Conical loomweight fragments 2 (saved to lot); Shell Cardia 1 (saved to lot); Iron fragments 5 (saved to lot); Avis 9 (saved to lot); Terracotta plaque seated figure 1 (saved to lot); Unidentified vertebrae 1; Bronze lump 3 (saved to lot) | |
| Period: | 3rd c. B.C. | |
| Chronology: | Mid 3rd c. B.C. | |
| Grid: | 412.02-410.31E, 974.55-976.23N | |
| XMin: | 410.31 | |
| XMax: | 412.02 | |
| YMin: | 974.55 | |
| YMax: | 976.23 | |
| Site: | Corinth | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| Masl: | 89.2-89.41m. | |
| References: | Image: digital 2007 0171 Image: digital 2007 0172 Coins (9) Notebook Page: NB 982, spread 96 (pp. 167 - 168) |
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