Corinth Basket: Temple E, Southeast, context 599
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Basket
Name:   Temple E, Southeast, context 599
Area:   Temple E, Southeast
Title:   Rock-filled surface in NE corner of Room 2
Category:   Deposit
Notebook:   1109
Context:   599
Date:   2015/04/21
Lot:   Lot 2015-001
Stratum:   Inclusions: cobbles, medium pebbles, tile fragments (small), angular inclusions. Around 20% inclusions
Description:   The soil color is dark brownish red. The soil compaction is soft. The soil is poorly sorted. It is silty sand.
Notes:   This deposit contained a mix of stone, terracotta, and pottery sherds. It had a looser, more crumbly soil than the previous deposit. The context was ended when the rocky-fill was no longer present with the soil.
Photos: 406, 407
3/06/2015 (L. Kennedy R. Valente)
Animal bones: possible sheep/goat, 0.06 kg, all thrown.
Context Pottery:   Fineware. slipped plain glazed (1100-1300), bowl. 1 bodysherd. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. pre-Roman4 bodysherds. ; Fineware. light on dark IV, slip painted (1225-1260), bowl. 2 bodysherds. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. blue frit, bowl. 1 rim. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. pre-medieval2 bodysherds. ; Fineware. aegean sgraffito, slipped painted (1240-1260), bowl. 1 bodysherd. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. RMR, slipped (1275-1325)1 bodysherd. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. archaic maiolica, slipped (1270-1325) (saved to lot) .padana; Fineware. glaze painted IV, slipped (1220-1260)1 rim. 1 bodysherd. (saved to lot) .
Pottery Summary:   15 frag(s) 0.9 kg. (60% saved) fineware.
    67 frag(s) 0.55 kg. (0% saved) coarseware.
    42 frag(s) 0.25 kg. (0% saved) cooking ware.
Context Artifacts:   glass clear blue 2 bs, colorless bs 2, white bs 2, olive green bs 1
Period:   Frankish (1210-1458 AD)
Chronology:   mid to third quarter of the 13th century
Grid:   119.27-117.6E, 1065-1066.5N
XMin:   117.6
XMax:   119.27
YMin:   1065
YMax:   1066.5
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
Masl:   84.8-84.9m.
References:   Image: digital 2015 0406
Image: digital 2015 0407