Corinth Basket NB961 B35 P86

Collection:		Corinth
Type:		Basket
Name:		NB961 B35 P86
Area:		Panaghia east
Category:		Basket/zembil
Notebook:		961
Context:		35
Page:		86
Date:		2005/04/12
Lot:		Lot 2005-002
Stratum:		Robbing trench bisecting north spur of wall 220. Soil is dark red verging on brown, 5-10% gravel and pebbles. Inclusions of mudbrick, charcoal, plaster, mortar.
Notes:		B35 is the removal of E-W RT . The soil is dark red verging on brown with a few pieces of gravel. B35 is our first basket after cleaning and it dug with a small pick. Pieces of painted fresco come up, lying painted-side down in the stratum. A large fragment with red and black paint is exposed vertically. The soil includes large pieces of charcoal (2.5 cm round). Also, harder red clay that appears to be fragments of mud-brick as well as chunks of mortar, possilby from the backing of the painted plaster. Included in the pottery is the handle of a large amphora joining to a complete neck and rim. Also, the tip of an animal horn, and a small triangular piece of bronze. The large piece (c. 20-25 cm) of fresco is removed separately by the conservator. Work continues in the W half of the RT while the fresco is removed, and we continue to excavate the same reddish-brown soil with a few bits of gravel, but there is a notable lack of mud brick. Removal of B35 continues to the west, where the continuation of wall 220 to the north is uncovered. After c. 30 cm, we bottom out on very hard-packed grayish-brown soil containing what appear to be a large number of very small cobbles. From the area of the fresco were also found a small fragment of marble and another of pebble mosaic.
Context Pottery:		Fineware. bl gl skyphos handle 1; Fineware. bl gl kylix foot 1; Fineware. miniature cup rim1; Coarseware. dressel bs1 (saved to lot) .; Fineware. tall tref oinochoe base 1 bs2; Fineware. ray based kotyle base 1, bs2; Fineware. kotyle rim 1; Coarseware. spanish amph complete neck and handle 1 (saved to lot) .; Cooking ware. hell hydria rim 2; Fineware. attic red figure krater bs1; Fineware. saucer rim 1; Fineware. moulded relief ware bowl bs1; Coarseware. lekane rim with black triangles on rim rim 1; Cooking ware. lid; Fineware. echinus bowl rim attic bl gl 1; Coarseware. mortar type 5 rim; Cooking ware. rim 1; Fineware. semiglazed bowl rim 1; Cooking ware. krater with hawksbeak rim 1 base 1; Fineware. fishplate rim 1; Fineware. It Sig plate with vertical rim rim 1 (saved to lot) .; Fineware. blisterware oinochoe bs; Cooking ware. hell casserole rim 2; Fineware. flat rimmed plate rim 2; Fineware. bl gl ribbed kantharos bs; Fineware. bl gl ribbed oinochoe bs; Coarseware. int gl basin bs1; Cooking ware. early roman casserole rim 1 handle 1 (saved to lot) .
Pottery Summary:		93 frag(s) 0.4 kg. (1% saved) fineware.
		163 frag(s) 7.9 kg. (2% saved) coarseware.
		75 frag(s) 0.7 kg. (3% saved) cooking ware.
Context Artifacts:		bone unid rib frag 1; charcoal 4; bl gl lamp 2 frgt; white marble frag w/ plaster on 1 side; bronze joining fragts 2; bone bird femur frag 1; horn tip rupicapra 1; tc plaque fragt teardrop shape impressed with 2 concentric circles chain of dots inside outer circle max p diam 0.04 th 0.003 (saved to lot); wall painting white 2 black 1 (saved to lot); mosaic colored fragment 1; Wall plaster: white w/ red stripe 1, white 70, red 1, yellow 8, black 38, black w/ turquoise 2, black over yellow 1, black and turquoise and white flower? 1, yellow w/ thin white stripe, thick black stripe, thin turquoise stripe 1; lamp type XVI rim 1 (saved to lot); iron spike shaft frag 1; Wall plaster: white with 2 thin red stripes flanking a thicker black stripe 1, white with red and black stripe 5, white with red stripe 5, white with black stripe 3; roof tile 3 fragments +5 frgts.
Period:		1 st c. A.C.
Chronology:		first century after Christ
Grid:		439.14-433.94E, 953.33-954.13N
XMin:		433.94
XMax:		439.14
YMin:		953.33
YMax:		954.13
Site:		Corinth
City:		Ancient Corinth
Country:		Greece
Masl:		91.86-92.03m.
References:		Notebook Page: NB 961, spread 48 (pp. 86 - 87)