Collection: | Corinth | |
Type: | Basket | |
Name: | NB976 B65 P145 | |
Area: | Panaghia north | |
Category: | Basket/zembil | |
Notebook: | 976 | |
Context: | 65 | |
Page: | 145 | |
Date: | 2006/05/23 | |
Lot: | Lot 2006-009 | |
Stratum: | pit fill N of wall 215; dark blackish-brown, loose, silty sandy, poorly sorted soil with 40% inclusions of tile and cobbles | |
Notes: | 1 boulder ca. 30 cm. long was found. Many Corinthian tiles are present (count=245 tiles, weight=87.90 kg)), along with bronze and iron slag, vitrified material/glass, and scattered bits of charcoal. We also found a conglomeration with stones that probably supported a roof tile (s), ca. 15 cm. long. There is no plaster present. We are sieving all soil with 1 out of 5 zembils being water-sieved. We are wondering if this pit joins with NB 979 pit 2006-01, S of wall 215. Basket 65 seems most compatible with NB 979 Basket 7 (pg. 11) in color, composition, and finds (iron, bronze, and charcoal). NB 979 Basket 7 does not, however, have much--if any--tile present. We are coming down upon a very black ashy layer with burnt pottery in the SW corner of the pit. 5 painted plaster fragments were found in this basket; this total is suspicious and may have fallen in while excavating form the top or sides of the pit--where painted plaster is ubiquitous. Excavating the fill of the pit has revealed a large boulder lining its E side. This boulder was noticed under the martyr after Basket 57. The pit seems to run under it. We stopped this basket at an arbitrary point as we have gone down a considerable amount (ca. 63 cm.). The pit has been numbered 2006-03. | |
Context Pottery: | Fineware. thin walled beaker rim 1, handle 1 (saved to lot) .; Cooking ware. roundm pitcher bs 1 (saved to lot) .; Coarseware. Koan rim 1 (saved to lot) .; Coarseware. Dressel 2-4 handle 1, bs 6 (saved to lot) .; Cooking ware. beaker rim 1, bs 1, handle 2 (saved to lot) .; Coarseware. Campanian amphora bs 5 (saved to lot) .; Coarseware. int gl basin rim 2, bs 1, base 1 (saved to lot) .; Coarseware. Dressel 6 bs 7 (saved to lot) .; Fineware. Arretine bs 6 (saved to lot) .; Fineware. sanded ware bs 1 (saved to lot) .; Fineware. preroman ca 40 (saved to lot) . | |
Pottery Summary: | 80 frag(s) 0.25 kg. (100% saved) fineware. | |
553 frag(s) 20.58 kg. (100% saved) coarseware. | ||
102 frag(s) 0.7 kg. (100% saved) cooking ware. | ||
Context Artifacts: | metatarsal ovis 2 (saved to lot); tile 245, WT. 87.9; tile 3 (saved to lot); tile w/ aperture 1 (saved to lot); iron blade and tang 1, L. 0.057, W. 0.036, TH. 0.005 (saved to lot); iron nail with squared shank and round head 1 (saved to lot); bronze pin body 1, H. 0.036, D. 0.001 (saved to lot); phalange bos 1 (saved to lot); bronze slag 11 (saved to lot); painted plaster red 4, black 1 (saved to lot); glass, purple, bs 1 (saved to lot); charcoal frgts 22 (saved to lot); glass waste 6 (saved to lot); iron slag 3 (saved to lot); plaster with cobble backing and torus moulding, with a layer of coarse plaster and thin skin, H. 0.115 (saved to lot); mixed glass and bronze waste 53 (saved to lot); lamp type 16 nozzle 2, base 1 (saved to lot); bronze slag 7 (saved to lot); glass, clear, bs 1 (saved to lot); bone unid ca. 30 (saved to lot); glass waste 1 (saved to lot); shell, venus 2, murex 1 (saved to lot); glass, yellow, bs 1 (saved to lot); wall plaster hellenistic red 1 (saved to lot); femur ovis 1 (saved to lot); iron eyelets 1 (saved to lot) | |
Period: | Early Roman (44BC-1/2 2nd c AD) | |
Chronology: | 1st half 1st c. A.D. | |
Grid: | 410.3-408.1E, 969.2-970.15N | |
XMin: | 408.1 | |
XMax: | 410.3 | |
YMin: | 969.2 | |
YMax: | 970.15 | |
Site: | Corinth | |
City: | Ancient Corinth | |
Country: | Greece | |
Masl: | 90.65-91.28m. | |
References: | Images (4) Notebook Page: NB 976, spread 80 (pp. 144 - 145) |