| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Basket | |
| Name: | Temple E, Southeast, context 173 | |
| Area: | Temple E, Southeast | |
| Title: | Ashy clay courtyard surface | |
| Category: | Deposit | |
| Notebook: | 1108 | |
| Context: | 173 | |
| Date: | 2014/04/25 | |
| Lot: | Lot 2014-015 | |
| Stratum: | 20% small angular pebbles; flat angular cobbles; ceramics; rare bone; frequent carbon flakes; rare tile and shell | |
| Description: | Top slope of the context is slight down to the E. The soil color is dark greyish brown. The soil compaction is firm. The soil is poorly sorted. It is clayey silt. | |
| Notes: | We are now removing the ashy clay surface. There are very few inclusions. It is hard packed but difficult to tell if this was a surface or fill that got packed down. This layer is mostly in the western part of our sectioned area and is acutally truncated by the west and south limits. In the north, we have left the martyr to avoid contamination from the wall consolidation, a strip of concrete. Below it is what appears to be a true surface with more inclusions within it. The clay surface actually peels off the lower surface very easily. The surface being revealed has more river pebbles, similar to the surface above this layer (Deposit 163). The revealed pebble surface appears to take a dive towards the east about halfway through our sectioned area. This is roughly where Deposit 163 also took a dive to the east. A post hole cutting was revealed along the eastern extent of this deposit. It appears that Deposit 173 filled the cut as well since there was not other clear fill present. It is a very shallow cut, so we could have missed a separate fill. This deposit stopped half way through the sectioned area as we began to reach a softer context. This boundary was minimally detected when Deposit 172 was removed and was made more clear once we removed Deposit 173. | |
| Context Pottery: | Fineware. protomaiolica, slipped (1260-1325), bowl. 2 rims. 2 bodysherds. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. plain glazed, unslipped (800-1100), pitcher. 4 rims. 1 handle. 10 bodysherds. (saved to lot) .; Coarseware. bowl. 5 rims. 2 bodysherds. (saved to lot) .matte painted; Fineware. RMR, slipped (1275-1325), bowl. 1 rim. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. archaic maiolica, slipped (1270-1325), bowl. 1 rim. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. late sgraffito, slipped style VII (1250-1300), plate. 2 rims. 7 bodysherds. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. late sgraffito, slipped style VII (1250-1300), bowl. 1 rim. 3 bodysherds. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. plain glazed, unslipped (800-1100), bowl. 9 rims. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. metallic ware, unslipped (1275-1335), bowl. 2 rims. 3 bodysherds. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. slip painted, bowl. 2 rims. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. pre-Roman4 bodysherds. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. protomaiolica, slipped (1260-1325), plate. 2 rims. 2 bodysherds. (saved to lot) .; Coarseware. stamnos. 1 rim. 3 handles. 59 bodysherds. (saved to lot) .matte painted; Fineware. protomaiolica, slipped (1260-1325), pitcher. 1 rim. 1 bodysherd. (saved to lot) .; Coarseware. amphora stopper. 2 handles. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. Byzantine5 bodysherds. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. pre-Medieval1 bodysherd. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. plain glazed, unslipped (800-1100), plate. 3 rims. (saved to lot) . | |
| Pottery Summary: | 137 frag(s) 0.85 kg. (100% saved) fineware. | |
| 432 frag(s) 3.53 kg. (17% saved) coarseware. | ||
| 121 frag(s) 0.85 kg. (0% saved) cooking ware. | ||
| Context Artifacts: | iron, lump, 1 (saved to lot); iron, sheet, 1 (saved to lot); iron, wedge, broken, 1 (saved to lot); glass clear colorless, bs, 2 (saved to lot); iron, nail, square shank, 3, head, 1, head with shank, 2 (saved to lot); glass clear blue, bs, 1 (saved to lot); steatite purple, spindle whorl with incised circles, 1, D. 0.02 (saved to lot) | |
| Period: | Frankish (1210-1458 AD) | |
| Chronology: | late 13th/early 14th | |
| Grid: | 105.67-103.01E, 1062.01-1063.86N | |
| XMin: | 103.01 | |
| XMax: | 105.67 | |
| YMin: | 1062.01 | |
| YMax: | 1063.86 | |
| Site: | Corinth | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| Masl: | 85.5-85.75m. | |
| References: | Image: digital 2014 0191 Image: digital 2014 0196 Image: digital 2014 0197 Object: MF 2014 14 Coin: 2014 70 |
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