Corinth Basket South Stoa, context 471

Collection:		Corinth
Type:		Basket
Name:		South Stoa, context 471
Area:		South Stoa
Context Type:		structure
Title:		E-W Wall/ Broneer retaining wall, Shops 4 and 5
Category:		Structure
Notebook:		1110
Context:		471
Date:		2016/04/21
Description:		Structure materials: Mainly limestone; some sandstone. Material size: 0.30-.50 x 0.20 x 0.20. Material finish: Roughly hewn but rectangular. Material construction: Irregularly coursed. Material bonding: Modern cement (?). Features: modern, Broneer.
Notes:		This is a small retaining wall built, presumably by Broneer, to shore up the nrothern scarp in the central portion of the Shops 4-5 area (Roman phase Room B). It is built from rectanguar blocks of varying size, not finished smooth, which probably derive from dismantled structures in the area -- possibly even STR 470? The wall is one block deep and ranges from three to four courses in height.
Grid:		335.2-333E, 1089.5-1090.7N
XMin:		333
XMax:		335.2
YMin:		1089.5
YMax:		1090.7
Site:		Corinth
City:		Ancient Corinth
Country:		Greece
Masl:		80.76-81.69m.
References:		Image: digital 2016 0310