Corinth Basket NB972 B3 P15

Collection:		Corinth
Type:		Basket
Name:		NB972 B3 P15
Area:		Panaghia south
Category:		Basket/zembil
Notebook:		972
Context:		3
Page:		15
Date:		2005/05/11
Lot:		Lot 2005-006
Stratum:		Fill of well, reddish-brown sandy clay, loose, damp, 10% pebbles and occasional large rocks.
Notes:		B3 is the continuation of the fill of well 2002-2, after an arbitrary basket change after B2 had been dug for 50 cm. The earth is the same, but perhaps a bit damper, and there are still the occasional large rocks of B2, as well as sherds tiles and cement chunks. The sherds are fewer though and more worn than the previous basket. New measurements put into practice and new top plan drawn. A limestone block is recovered, and then a large limestone slab (about 70x50x20 cm.). There is also 5% charcoal now, but the same reddish-brown sandy clay as before. Today (May 13, 2005), three more limstone blacks all about the same size as the first of this basket (about 30x20x10 cm.). There are lots of tiles but fewer sherds and smaller ones. Baskets 2 and 3 are very similar, for their small sherds, few in number, and many large limestone slabs and blocks. The pottery of B2 contains mostly 6th c. sherds, with only a few third century and it may be that these baskets will represent a transition in the well, or the lowest level of the dumped third century material. Two more limestone blocks came up, making a total of 6 from this level, all about 30x20x10 cm., plus the large slab. The rocks make it harder to maintain the 50 cm. basket depth, so after keeping 1/3 for the wet sieve and dry sieving the other 2/3s, we changed baskets after approximately 65 cm.
Context Pottery:		Coarseware. int gl basin lid rim 1 (saved to lot) .; Fineware. tripod pyxis lid rim 1 (saved to lot) .; Fineware. phiale rim 1 (saved to lot) .; Fineware. mini lekythos bs 1 (saved to lot) .; Fineware. prehistoric burnished bs 1 (saved to lot) .; Fineware. mini bowl base 2 (saved to lot) .; Fineware. krater attic rim 1 (saved to lot) .; Fineware. silhouette style kotyle bs 2 (saved to lot) .; Coarseware. trefoil mouth oinochoe rim 1 (saved to lot) .; Fineware. bowl with bevelled rim rim 1 (saved to lot) .; Fineware. mini kotyle handle 1 (saved to lot) .; Coarseware. amphora with red paint in cross bs 1 (saved to lot) .; Fineware. mini skyphos handle 2 (saved to lot) .; Fineware. semi glazed bowl rim 2 bs 3 (saved to lot) .; Fineware. oinochoe bl gl with added white line on neck neck 1 (saved to lot) .; Fineware. megarian bowl bs 1 (saved to lot) .; Fineware. tall trefm oinochoe bs 2 (saved to lot) .; Fineware. blisterware bs 4 (saved to lot) .; Coarseware. lekane foot 2 (saved to lot) .; Fineware. blgl ribbed oinochoe attic bs 1 (saved to lot) .; Fineware. B miniature cup base 1 (saved to lot) .; Fineware. hellenistic dish or bowl ring foot 1 (saved to lot) .; Fineware. cyma kantharos handle 1 (saved to lot) .; Fineware. ray based kotyle foot 4 rim 5 bs 20 (saved to lot) .; Fineware. archaic krater bs 1 (saved to lot) .; Cooking ware. flanged casserole rim 1 (saved to lot) .; Cooking ware. flanged chytra rim 1 (saved to lot) .; Fineware. ray based kotyle 5th c. foot 1 bs 1 (saved to lot) .; Fineware. kotyle handle 3 (saved to lot) .; Fineware. figured kotyle bs 1 (saved to lot) .; Fineware. B kotyle rim 1 (saved to lot) .; Fineware. calyx kantharos handle 1 (saved to lot) .; Fineware. lekanis lid rim 1 (saved to lot) .; Fineware. kylix attic bs 2 (saved to lot) .; Fineware. lekanis lid knob 1 (saved to lot) .; Cooking ware. chytra rim 1 (saved to lot) .; Fineware. EG oinochoe bs 2 (saved to lot) .; Coarseware. corinthian A bs 12 (saved to lot) .
Pottery Summary:		282 frag(s) 0.6 kg. (100% saved) fineware.
		172 frag(s) 2.16 kg. (100% saved) coarseware.
		128 frag(s) 0.38 kg. (100% saved) cooking ware.
Context Artifacts:		bronze 5 (saved to lot); shell 8 (saved to lot); quartz 1 (saved to lot); conical loom weight frag 1 (saved to lot); bone count 25 (saved to lot); roof tile count 35 (saved to lot); lamp Broneer type Ii bl gl with rim profile no. 13 2nd half of 6th c. BC cp 1 (saved to lot)
Period:		2nd c. B.C.
Chronology:		2nd c. B.C. because of Megarian bowl
Grid:		419-417.93E, 945.62-946.88N
XMin:		417.93
XMax:		419
YMin:		945.62
YMax:		946.88
Site:		Corinth
City:		Ancient Corinth
Country:		Greece
Masl:		82.95-83.55m.
References:		Object: C 2005 19 Notebook Page: NB 972, spread 12 (pp. 14 - 15)