Corinth Basket South Stoa, context 77

Collection:		Corinth
Type:		Basket
Name:		South Stoa, context 77
Area:		South Stoa
Context Type:		Deposit
Title:		Fill of RT 65 on S Side of E-W Wall (Shop VI)
Category:		Deposit
Notebook:		1109
Context:		77
Date:		2015/05/21
Lot:		Lot 2015-056
Stratum:		20% cobbles, 20% coarse pebbles
Description:		Top slope of the context is level. The soil color is light brownish brown. The soil compaction is compact. The soil is poorly sorted. It is silty sand.
Notes:		77 has looser soil than 69. This context was opened to excavate the soil fill within the possible foundation trench on the south side of the E-W wall in shop VI. The soil is moderately compacted - it is easily removed with a pick - and is similar in composition to the soil unearthed at the lowest levels of context 37 - the fill of the robbing trench of the north-south wall. The soil is bounded by a cut into the bedrock to the south and the east-west wall to the north. The soil appears light reddish brown in patches, most likely due to the bedrock it is bounded by a martyr was left along the eastern edge to protect the robbing trench of the Roman n-s wall. In excavating the western swath of the context, bedrock was discovered approcimately 10cm below the surface of this context. The bedrock extends 32 cm north, leaning on 8cm gap from the E-W foundation blocks and continues to the eastern boundary. However, the 31cm closest to the western boundary exposed a cut in the bedrock running N-S. This cut is approximately 30 cm away from the western boundary and 58 cm from the extant blocks of the N-S wall. It appears to extend in those 31 cm into the surface of the SE quadrant. Because of Roman pottery, including a Roman type 27 lamp, has been discovered in the excavation of this context, it may be a continuation of the Roman era robbing trench excavated in earlier contexts. The actual foundation trench may be the 8cm gap between E-W foundation blocks and a cut into bedrock. Further pottery anlysis will clarify this question. This context will be closed to excavate the surface within the SE quadrant.
Context Pottery:		Fineware. Rom- ESB, dish. 1 rim. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. Rom- Local R.S. (saved to lot) .; Cooking ware. early roman, krater. (saved to lot) .; Coarseware. corinthian B, amphora. (saved to lot) .toe; Fineware. Rom- ESA, plate. 1 bodysherd. (saved to lot) .
Pottery Summary:		31 frag(s) 0.05 kg. (100% saved) fineware.
		28 frag(s) 0.7 kg. (100% saved) coarseware.
		46 frag(s) 0.2 kg. (100% saved) cooking ware.
Context Artifacts:		rock, unid, 1 (saved to lot); shell flesh eater 1 (saved to lot); charcoal lump 3 (saved to lot); Roman lamp, handle 1 (saved to lot); bronze, lump, 1 (saved to lot); bone large mammal rib 1 (saved to lot); shell land snail 1 (saved to lot); Lamp, type 27, shoulder 1 (saved to lot); iron, nail frag, 1 (saved to lot); bone unid 37 (saved to lot); obsidian, flake, worked, 1 (saved to lot); plaster, white, 2 (saved to lot); glass, clear, colorless, bs 1 (saved to lot)
Period:		Early Roman (44BC-1/2 2nd c AD)
Chronology:		npd
Grid:		330-326.6E, 1081.65-1083.4N
XMin:		326.6
XMax:		330
YMin:		1081.65
YMax:		1083.4
Site:		Corinth
City:		Ancient Corinth
Country:		Greece
Masl:		81.02-81.105m.
References:		Image: digital 2015 1066