Corinth Basket: South Stoa, context 166
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Basket
Name:   South Stoa, context 166
Area:   South Stoa
Context Type:   deposit
Title:   soft brown fill in NW quadrant
Category:   Deposit
Notebook:   1109
Context:   166
Date:   2015/05/29
Lot:   Lot 2015-079
Stratum:   20% coarse pebbles, 5% carbon, 10% cobbles
Description:   Top slope of the context is level. The soil color is dark brownish brown. The soil compaction is loose. The soil is poorly sorted. It is silty sand.
Notes:   This context was openned to assess the nature of the fill in the NW quadrant. The revealed soil splits along a circular axis between dark brown and light yellowish brown. The darker brown remains higher than the lighter soil. The reason for the variation is unclear. One coin was found, el. 81.35
Context Pottery:   Fineware. semi glazed bowl. 1 bodysherd. ; Fineware. prehistoric3 bodysherds. ; Cooking ware. krater. ; Fineware. oinochoe. 1 rim. trefoil mouth; Fineware. pyxis. 1 complete profile. miniature; Fineware. cyma kantharos. 3 bodysherds. with painted wreath; Fineware. bowl w/outturned rim. 1 rim. ; Fineware. cup kantharos. 1 rim. with west slope; Fineware. attic, rolled rim plate. 1 rim. ; Fineware. one piece kantharos. 1 rim.
Pottery Summary:   63 frag(s) 0.31 kg. (100% saved) fineware.
    46 frag(s) 0.85 kg. (100% saved) coarseware.
    41 frag(s) 0.15 kg. (100% saved) cooking ware.
Context Artifacts:   wall plaster, red, 2; iron, lump, 1; wall plaster, yellow, 1; bronze, lump, 2; iron, nail head, 3; iron, nail, 1
Period:   Hellenistic
Chronology:   mid-third c. BC
Grid:   324.2-323.3E, 1083.4-1084.5N
XMin:   323.3
XMax:   324.2
YMin:   1083.4
YMax:   1084.5
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
Masl:   81.2-81.46m.
References:   Images (13)
Coin: 2015 418