| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Basket | |
| Name: | NB81 B97 P241 | |
| Area: | Korakou | |
| Category: | Basket/zembil | |
| Notebook: | 81 | |
| Context: | 97 | |
| Page: | 241 | |
| Date: | 1915/06/15 | |
| Stratum: | Trench S V, south extension | |
| Notes: | S V 1.25-1.45 Chiefly Minyan -- Mattmalerei and coarse sherds. [sketch entitled "Measurements to hearth"] [MN: pt 1 here is 0.18 west of pt 9 p. 233] Points 1 and 2 are cut on wall. We are leaving wall but removing hearth. [p. 242] The potsherds in hearth in S are chiefly coarse. There are 2 or 3 sherds of Minyan. [James-Nakassis: It is unclear whether the hearth belongs to S IV (B 90) or S V (B 96). B90 certainly exposes the hearth, and in his description of this basket, CWB declares that "This hearth is made of stones, broken sherds, etc. set in clay above pebbles and covered with clay. Baked hard by fire on top. I am getting a photograph of it and will then take it out. In level it belongs to bottom of S IV = 1.25 deep." Thus, it is possible that CWB excavated down to the pebbles, and the hearth protrudes above them, and thus belongs to B90, as he explicitly says. However, CWB describes the removal of the hearth under his description of B96. Thus, perhaps the top of the hearth was exposed by B90 but the hearth itself belongs to B96. This discrepancy is difficult to resolve; I tend to favor it belonging to B90, since he clearly describes the hearth as set in clay ABOVE pebbles, which he presumably exposed with B90; this is consistent with Blegen's general desire to expose features by digging around them. In this interpretation, his inclusion of the hearth with B96 would be a mistake (perhaps he forgot that the hearth belonged to B90 because of the intervening attention he paid to trench L?). We hope that examining the photographs of the hearth taken by CWB will solve the problem.] [The pottery below comes from NB 81 B 87 and NB 81 B 98] [p. 370] S V 1.25-1.45 (2 trays) [MN: check mark here and first four headings incl. polished ware] Mycenaean LM III painted 2 sherds Unpainted buff and yellow green 9 sherds some of these Mycenaean others nondescript Coarse nondescript 9 sherds Polished ware (to imitate Minyan?) black 6 sherds [AddN: Argive Minyan?]; brown 6 sherds; green (part of a base) 1 sherd. Generally handmade Minyan 24 sherds including gray, black, brownish, and 1 sherd a good brown red (23 real Minyan) Mattmalerei (a) black on green or yellow green 17 sherds generally rather coarse w geometric [p. 371] decoration (linear) in broad lines. But 2 or 3 sherds are finer and have narrower lines. One sherd has a spiral ornament. Surface is greenish yellow buff slightly polished [sketch of sherd] (b) black on buff, yellow buff and red buff 14 sherds. Mostly fairly coarse; linear 2 or 3 fine pieces (c) purple-black on buff or creamy buff. 3 sherds. 2 (creamy buff) have rather fine lines. One is a piece of a neck like this: [sketch of sherd] [MN for (b) and (c): 35 sherds] (d) black on red 1 sherd (resembles Thessalian II) [sketch of sherd] Urfirnis 8 black and black-brown 3 coarse sherds from a household pot [MN: 11 sherds] [NB 84 p. iii] S V LM III 2 Buff 9 Minyan 24 Matt 35 | |
| Chronology: | LH III | |
| Site: | Korakou | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| Masl: | -1.45--1.25m. |
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