Corinth Basket South Stoa, context 83

Collection:		Corinth
Type:		Basket
Name:		South Stoa, context 83
Area:		South Stoa
Context Type:		Deposit
Title:		Well Fill, 24th Deposit From Top
Category:		Deposit
Notebook:		1109
Context:		83
Date:		2015/05/23
Lot:		Lot 2015-087
Stratum:		5% small clay chunks (reddish brown and yellow), rarer flecks of carbon, 2% tile fragments and stones
Description:		Top slope of the context is level. The soil color is light yellowish brown. The soil compaction is soft. The soil is poorly sorted. It is sandy clay.
Notes:		Same soil as 82 but even fewer shells and bones. This context was begun arbitrarily after removing the rest of the soil around the wellhead was removed. Marios notes that there are deep holes in the soil below the wellhead perhaps indicating more rocks below. Many largeish stones were removed from the top of this context along with a few tiles. This soil, in addition to having fewer formal bones, also has less pottery than some fo the previous levels of the well. On elargish rectangular limestone piece seemed to have been worked roughly (dim. 0.38x0.20x0.2m). Several of the other bones have one roughly hewn flat side but are small and broken. A coin was found at 74.93 and another; these were both found amid fragments of pottery and rubble. There are more rocks at the bottom of this context. We are closing both because of the rocks and the depth. At 79.93 the top of a long pan tile was found, we dig around it to reach ca. 25cm of depth. At 74.88 we find a coin. Tile: 29, 19.3kg.
Context Pottery:		Fineware. ESA?, saucer. 1 rim. (saved to lot) .Sim to form 42; Fineware. mold made bowl. 1 rim. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. prehistoric4 bodysherds. (saved to lot) .; Cooking ware. Roman, baking pan. 1 complete profile. (saved to lot) .join with fragment in context 70; Fineware. kantharos. 1 rim. 2 handles. (saved to lot) .cyma; Coarseware. Corinthian B, amphora. 6 bodysherds. (saved to lot) .; Cooking ware. Hellenistic, lid. 1 rim. 1 handle. 1 complete profile. (saved to lot) .; Coarseware. Corinthian A Prime, amphora. 1 bodysherd. (saved to lot) .; Cooking ware. Hellenistic, stewpot. 2 rims. 1 handle. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. saucer. 3 bodysherds. (saved to lot) .red paint; Coarseware. Knidian, amphora. 3 bodysherds. (saved to lot) .; Coarseware. hydria. 7 bodysherds. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. unguentarium. 2 bodysherds. (saved to lot) .grey fabric; Cooking ware. Hellenistic, casserole. 1 rim. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. flat rim plate. 1 rim. (saved to lot) .; Coarseware. Rhodian, amphora. 3 bodysherds. (saved to lot) .incl. shoulder; Coarseware. lekane. 1 rim. (saved to lot) .
Pottery Summary:		48 frag(s) 0.11 kg. (100% saved) fineware.
		96 frag(s) 2.23 kg. (100% saved) coarseware.
		60 frag(s) 0.42 kg. (100% saved) cooking ware.
Context Artifacts:		Bone, unid 33 (saved to lot); plaster, yellow pigment, 6 (saved to lot); iron, lump, 1 (saved to lot); bronze, lump, 2 (saved to lot); shell, flesheater 2 (saved to lot); iron, nail, 2 (saved to lot); painted tile 3 (saved to lot); Water worn sherd 1 (saved to lot); bronze, tack, 1 (saved to lot); tile frgt 8 (saved to lot); cement 2 (saved to lot); Shell, land snail 4 (saved to lot); Obsidian, flake 1 (saved to lot); plaster, white pigment, 4 (saved to lot); wall plaster, black 1 (saved to lot); plaster, no pigment, 1 (saved to lot); plaster, red pigment, 2 (saved to lot); coral? White 1 (saved to lot)
Period:		Early Roman (44BC-1/2 2nd c AD)
Chronology:		npd
Grid:		327.8-327.1E, 1085.25-1086.05N
XMin:		327.1
XMax:		327.8
YMin:		1085.25
YMax:		1086.05
Site:		Corinth
City:		Ancient Corinth
Country:		Greece
Masl:		74.88-75.13m.
References:		Object: C 2015 45 Coins (4)