Corinth Basket Temple E, Southeast, context 354

Collection:		Corinth
Type:		Basket
Name:		Temple E, Southeast, context 354
Area:		Temple E, Southeast
Title:		Lens of fill in corridor, North of Church
Category:		Deposit
Notebook:		1108
Context:		354
Date:		2014/05/20
Lot:		Lot 2014-029
Stratum:		40% inclusions, fine and coarse sub-rounded, angular pebbles, some clay pockets
Description:		Top slope of the context is level. The soil color is light greyish brown. The soil compaction is soft. The soil is poorly sorted. It is clayey silt.
Notes:		Deposit 354 is a lens of a clayey-like matrix. It seems to be lying on a floor surface (pebbled) that was revealed with the removal of 346. Deposit 354 was relatively shallow and a quick removal. The deposit was closed when the material below was believed to be harder. Perhaps it is part of a series of dumpings of various fill (which all seem similar in their matrices) in this space--again calling into question the nature and use of this space (outdoor?).
Context Pottery:		Fineware. late painted sgraffito1 rim. 1 bodysherd. ; Fineware. painted sgraffito (saved to lot) .with saltire design; Fineware. 11th century1 bodysherd. ; Fineware. Preroman5 bodysherds. ; Fineware. Roman2 bodysherds. ; Fineware. glaze painted IV, slipped (1220-1260)2 bodysherds. ; Fineware. 12th century25 bodysherds. ; Fineware. painted sgraffito1 rim. (saved to lot) .no overglaze; Coarseware. matt painted, basin. 1 rim. ; Fineware. Early Frankish48 bodysherds. ; Coarseware. matt painted, bowl. 1 handle. 17 bodysherds. ; Coarseware. amphora, stopper. 1 complete profile. ; Fineware. incised sgraffito1 bodysherd. (saved to lot) .with human head design; Fineware. protomaiolica, slipped (1260-1325), plate. 1 rim. 2 bodysherds. (saved to lot) .blue line
Pottery Summary:		97 frag(s) 0.6 kg. (12% saved) fineware.
		670 frag(s) 5 kg. (0% saved) coarseware.
		127 frag(s) 0.65 kg. (0% saved) cooking ware.
Context Artifacts:		iron, nail square shank, 7; bronze, sheet, 1; bronze, buckle, identical to MF 2014.9, 1; iron, nail, 3; rock, 1
Period:		Frankish (1210-1458 AD)
Chronology:		3rd-4th quarter 13th century
Grid:		127.5-126.5E, 1077.1-1078.1N
XMin:		126.5
XMax:		127.5
YMin:		1077.1
YMax:		1078.1
Site:		Corinth
City:		Ancient Corinth
Country:		Greece
Masl:		84.94-85m.
References:		Image: digital 2014 0499