Corinth Basket: NB983 B45 P100
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Basket
Name:   NB983 B45 P100
Area:   Panaghia north
Category:   Basket/zembil
Notebook:   983
Context:   45
Page:   100
Date:   2006/06/21
Stratum:   Fill with carbon flecks
Notes:   The matrix of this basket is dark reddish brown sandy silt, compact, with 2% pebble inclusions. B45 is a layer with carbon inclusions that formed part of the bottom of B44 but was also overlying the continuation of the foundation trench excavated in B43, to the W of the two blocks. As we proceed excavating in this area it is evident that this is a layer that is very deep. It produced a very large amount of pottery (4 zembils) as well as other material culture. The soil has an almost clay texture and has a lot of similarities with the matrix of the pit on the S side of W215, that was excavated in NB 971 B63. After excavating at a depth of ca. 0.4 meters the layer seems to continue even deeper but it is decided to stop at this point and continue excavating the foundation trench of W215 which was previously dug in B29 but had to stop because it was too narrow at the time to proceed any deeper. Once the foundation trench is dug the plan is to return in the area of B45 and continue excavating under a different basket.
Context Pottery:   Fineware. pitcher rim 1 (saved to lot) .; Cooking ware. beaker rim 8, base 3, handle 1 (saved to lot) .; Coarseware. mwj blonde fabric black slip, rim 1, bs 1 (saved to lot) .; Fineware. Chandarli form 1 rim 1 (saved to lot) .; Fineware. Attic echinoid dish, rim 1, bs 1 (saved to lot) .; Cooking ware. chytra rim 2 (saved to lot) .; Fineware. Attic bowl with rouletting, rim 2 (saved to lot) .; Fineware. AfRS form 23 base 1 (saved to lot) .; Cooking ware. imitation Orlobifido rim 2 (saved to lot) .; Coarseware. mwj as Agora 5 J46 toe 1 (saved to lot) .; Cooking ware. krater as C1985-141, rim 2 (saved to lot) .; Coarseware. amphora as Agora 5 M102, rim 1, handle 3 (saved to lot) .; Coarseware. amphora as Agora 5 L11, bs 3 (saved to lot) .; Fineware. ESB form 70 rim 1 (saved to lot) .; Coarseware. mwj normal fabric rim 1, handle 2, bs many (saved to lot) .; Fineware. AfRS form 14 rim 2, bs 3 (saved to lot) .; Fineware. Chandarli form 3 rim 5, bs 1 (saved to lot) .; Fineware. Corinthian red slip dish, rim 2, bs 1 (saved to lot) .; Coarseware. Forlimpopoli rim 1 (saved to lot) .; Cooking ware. stew pot with outturned rim imported and local, rim 10 (saved to lot) .; Fineware. Chandarli form 2 rim 8 (saved to lot) .; Cooking ware. flat lids rim 4 (saved to lot) .; Fineware. ESB bowl with vertical rim, rim 1 (saved to lot) .; Fineware. Chandarli unid bs 2 (saved to lot) .; Fineware. pre-Roman ca 20 (saved to lot) .; Cooking ware. mug rim 5 (saved to lot) .; Cooking ware. stew pot as C-1982-4, rim 7 (saved to lot) .; Fineware. ESB unid 13 (saved to lot) .; Coarseware. amphora as Agora 5 K114, rim 1, handle 2 (saved to lot) .; Cooking ware. casserole as Hesp 1994-42, rim 1 (saved to lot) .; Coarseware. mwj pink fabric red slip, bs 3 (saved to lot) .; Coarseware. Nid rim 1, handle 2, bs 5 (saved to lot) .; Cooking ware. roundm pitcher, handle 9, rim 7, base 4, bs many (saved to lot) .; Cooking ware. trefm pitcher, rim 4, handle 1, bs many (saved to lot) .; Fineware. Chandarli form 4 rim 1 (saved to lot) .; Fineware. ESB form 70 cp 1 (saved to lot) .
Pottery Summary:   110 frag(s) 1.02 kg. (100% saved) fineware.
    1204 frag(s) 32.32 kg. (100% saved) coarseware.
    822 frag(s) 8.12 kg. (100% saved) cooking ware.
Context Artifacts:   glass clear green, bs 4 (saved to lot); lamp painted nozzle 1 (saved to lot); glass clear, thumb indented cup, bs 12 (saved to lot); water pipe 1 (saved to lot); shell ostrea unpierced 12 (saved to lot); terracotta drapery, 1 (saved to lot); glass clear vertical rim 1, diam 0.08 (saved to lot); roof tile frgt 6 (saved to lot); glass clear with imbeded threads bs 2 (saved to lot); mandible sus frgt 15 (saved to lot); shell callista 3 (saved to lot); glass white (saved to lot); lead weight square with three small holes on one flat side,1 L 0.033 m, W 0.033 , Th 0.007 , Wt 0.08, as MF 74-96 (saved to lot); glass greenish rectangular base 1, L 0.048, W 0.024, as MF 96-23 (saved to lot); lamp type XXV shoulder 1 (saved to lot); bronze lump 1 (saved to lot); shell murex 2 (saved to lot); lamp type XXVII inscribed on base [OY], base 1 (saved to lot); glass white plate bs 1 with incised herring bone between grooves (saved to lot); fish vertebrae 1 (saved to lot); glass clear green, thumb indented cup, base 1, diam 0.045 (saved to lot); glass white bs 5 (saved to lot); marble revetment molded 1, plain 7 (saved to lot); glass clear blue square bottle bs 2 (saved to lot); glass clear blue, thumb indented cup, base 1, diam 0.037 (saved to lot); lamp type XXVII large disk with female figure riding on a monster, 1, joining B47 (saved to lot); diamond tile 1 (saved to lot); glass clear blue, thumb indented cup, base 1, diam 0.05 (saved to lot); incisor misc 14 (saved to lot); bone unid ca 300 (saved to lot); iron nail with square shank, 1, incomplete L 0.055 (saved to lot); mandible fish grouper 1 (saved to lot); lamp type XXIII shoulder 1 (saved to lot); shell cardia 3 (saved to lot); glass clear bs 35 (saved to lot); lamp type XXVII unid bs 2, base 3, base inscribed ypsilon (saved to lot); lamp type XXVIII with a satyr on the disk, disk 1 (saved to lot); glass clear cup base 2 (saved to lot); glass clear, thumb indented cup, rim 2, diam 0.07 (saved to lot); lamp type XXVII inscribed on base [(SP)WSIANOY], base 1 (saved to lot); glass clear square bottle base 1 (saved to lot); glass clear, thumb indented cup, rim 1, diam 0.055 (saved to lot); lamp type XXVII disk with two legs of a figure, 1 (saved to lot); glass clear cup bs 1 with row of oval indentations above incised groove (saved to lot); iron nail with square shank, 1, length 0.075 m (saved to lot); land snail 2 (saved to lot); lamp type XXVII handle with shoulder 1, disk 8, handle 4, shoulder 1, disk with shoudler 2, base 1 (saved to lot); lamp type XXVII ray ovolo shoulder 1, plain ovolo shoulder 1, plain plain shoulder 3 (saved to lot); molar ovis 1 (saved to lot); glass clear green vertical rim 1, diam 0.08 (saved to lot); glass clear blue square bottle base 1 joining B47 (saved to lot); glass clear blue base 2 (saved to lot); shell mys 1 (saved to lot); bone unid 1 (saved to lot); molar bos 6 (saved to lot); lamp type XXVII with a figural disk, disk 1 (saved to lot); iron nail with square shank,1, incomplete length 0.044 m (saved to lot); terracotta figurine foot on podium, 1 (saved to lot); bronze lumps 5 (saved to lot); opus sectile 1 (saved to lot); terracotta unid 1 (saved to lot); iron nail with round shank, 1, incomplete L 0.033 (saved to lot); shell gaedaropus 2 (saved to lot); glass clear, thumb indented cup, base 1, diam 0.045 (saved to lot); shell lima 7 (saved to lot); shell pecten 1 (saved to lot); glass clear, thumb indented cup, base 1, diam 0.04 (saved to lot); Hell pebble flooring 2 (saved to lot); glass clear small flask neck 1 (saved to lot); glass clear blue, horizontal rim 1, diam 0.07 (saved to lot); glass clear infolded rim 1 (saved to lot); shell ostrea pierced 4 (saved to lot); mandible fish tuna 1 (saved to lot); glass clear green square bottle base 1 (saved to lot); glass clear yellow vertical rim 1, diam 0.08 (saved to lot); glass clear blue with imbeded threads bs 2 (saved to lot); bronze tool with two prongs, possibly third broken off, 1 (saved to lot); glass clear greenish bs 7 (saved to lot); glass clear vertical rims 5 (saved to lot); glass clear green folded over rim 1 (saved to lot); wall plaster red 6, white 1, black 1, yellow 3 (saved to lot)
Period:   3rd c. A.C.
Chronology:   Early 3rd c. AD
Grid:   408.5-406E, 969.5-972.5N
XMin:   406
XMax:   408.5
YMin:   969.5
YMax:   972.5
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
Masl:   90.41-90.83m.
References:   Object: L 2006 1
Object: MF 2006 22
Coin: 2006 130
Notebook Page: NB 983, spread 55 (pp. 100 - 101)