Corinth Basket South Stoa, context 31

Collection:		Corinth
Type:		Basket
Name:		South Stoa, context 31
Area:		South Stoa
Context Type:		deposit
Title:		Tile Construction Fill in NE Quadrant
Category:		Deposit
Notebook:		1109
Context:		31
Date:		2015/05/12
Lot:		Lot 2015-054
Stratum:		40% tiles (Roman), 40% cobbles and boulders. 31 has more tiles than 28.
Description:		Top slope of the context is 81.44 down to the NW. The soil color is light yellowish brown. The soil compaction is loose. The soil is moderately sorted. It is silty sand.
Notes:		Bottom elevation: 81.29 in NW, 81.39 in the SE. This context was revealed by 28 and was left because of the level nature of the tiles and how embedded they were in the soil below. It was probably introduced at the same time as all of the lowest fill below the mosaic floor. It consists of two patches which will be dug together because they are cleanly similar, in the same soil, same relative position, and elevation, with the same tiles, rubbles, and amphora fragments. On the east side they reveal a hard compact soil below. In the west it revealed an area of packed surface, like the area of the northeast quadrant.
Context Pottery:		Fineware. Rom- Ital. sig., unidentified. 2 bodysherds. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. Rom- Thinwalled ware, beaker. 1 rim. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. Rom- ESB, plate. 1 bodysherd. (saved to lot) .form 60; Cooking ware. Roman, casserole lid. 1 rim. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. Hellenistic, cyma kantharos. 1 rim. (saved to lot) .Painted ivy; Coarseware. Agora M54, amphora. 1 bodysherd. (saved to lot) .same as 28 and 36; Fineware. Rom- ESA, plate. 1 bodysherd. (saved to lot) .form 50; Fineware. Archaic, lekythos. 1 bodysherd. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. Hellenistic, conical bowl. 1 rim. (saved to lot) .; Cooking ware. Roman, round mouth pitcher. 1 rim. (saved to lot) .; Coarseware. Classical, hydria. 1 bodysherd. (saved to lot) .
Pottery Summary:		26 frag(s) 0.2 kg. (100% saved) fineware.
		36 frag(s) 0.6 kg. (100% saved) coarseware.
		28 frag(s) 0.15 kg. (100% saved) cooking ware.
Context Artifacts:		bronze, sheet, 1 (saved to lot); shell, 1 (saved to lot); bone, unidentified, 9 (saved to lot); lamp, Roman, handle, 1 (saved to lot); lead, chunk, 1 (saved to lot); lead, nail, 1 (saved to lot)
Period:		2nd c. A.C.
Chronology:		with earlier material
Grid:		329.4-326.5E, 1082.1-1085.25N
XMin:		326.5
XMax:		329.4
YMin:		1082.1
YMax:		1085.25
Site:		Corinth
City:		Ancient Corinth
Country:		Greece
Masl:		81.29-81.5m.