Corinth Basket Temple E, Southeast, context 632

Collection:		Corinth
Type:		Basket
Name:		Temple E, Southeast, context 632
Area:		Temple E, Southeast
Title:		Hard fill in eastern half of trench
Category:		Deposit
Notebook:		1109
Context:		632
Date:		2015/04/28
Lot:		Lot 2015-025
Stratum:		Inclusions approx. 10%: cobbles common, tile, brick, pottery, occasional small boulder, bone
Description:		Top slope of the context is level. The soil color is light brown. The soil compaction is weakly cemented. The soil is poorly sorted. It is clayey silt.
Notes:		Coin (#37) Elevation E: 128.686 N: 1078.170 Z: 84.504 Coin (#39) Elevation E: 128.751 N: 1077.959 Z: 84.483 Four coins from sieve (#38, #40, #41, #42) This context is the hard patch immediately north of 629. To the east, it is certainly quite hard, but becomes more soft as one moves west. Perhaps there is a thin layer of softer fill (context 626?) over the hard patch in this place. Nevertheless, the hard soil is coming down upon the same surface found under 629. The rocky, coccia pesto-like surface extends to the northern edge along Wall 156. A much more chaotic fill seems to be immediately above it in the NE corner along Wall 156. Kostas will make antoher pass to see if the surface extends all the way to the eastern baulk. The pebbly/coccia pesto-like surface seems to stop well before the eastern baulk. It still comes down upon a hard surface with flattened inclusions (notably a lot of brick), but it contains much less pebble-sized inclusion in the NE corner (instead more boulder-sized) than in the center of the trench. Kostas finished the second, thin pass to complete the removal of this hard material. Guy sees the pebble context in the center and the rubble context in the NE as the same surface, as fills with slightly different compositions. 02/06/2015 (L Kennedy): Animal bones: Lots of bovid, some with pathology, 3.40 kg, saved to Corinth Lot 2015-25. Not examined at this time
Context Pottery:		Fineware. late champs levee fine, slipped style VI (1200-1225), bowl. 1 bodysherd. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. light on dark IV, slip painted (1225-1260), bowl. 1 rim. 5 bodysherds. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. Frankish sgraffito, bowl. 2 rims. 11 bodysherds. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. blue frit, bowl. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. slipped plain glazed (1100-1300), bowl. 4 rims. 27 bodysherds. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. slipped plain glazed (1100-1300), lamp. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. pre-Roman16 bodysherds. ; Fineware. slipped plain glazed (1100-1300), pitcher. 2 bodysherds. (saved to lot) .; Coarseware. matt-painted, stamnos. 1 handle. 10 bodysherds. ; Fineware. pre-Byzantine3 bodysherds. ; Coarseware. gunsenin III amphora (1200-1300), amphora. 1 handle. 1 bodysherd. ; Fineware. pre-Frankish14 bodysherds. ; Fineware. glaze painted IV, slipped (1220-1260), bowl. 5 rims. 8 bodysherds. (saved to lot) .; Cooking ware. triangular rim stew pot (1100-1270)2 rims. ; Fineware. unglazed waster incised1 bodysherd. (saved to lot) .
Pottery Summary:		191 frag(s) 0.7 kg. (49% saved) fineware.
		1089 frag(s) 8.16 kg. (0% saved) coarseware.
		71 frag(s) 0.99 kg. (0% saved) cooking ware.
Context Artifacts:		opus sectile floor 1 (saved to lot); iron nail with square shank 3; iron slag 2; iron sheet 1; glass clear colorless BS 3; glass clear colorless tubular ring foot 1; wall plaster yellow 1; glass clear colorless purple BS 1; glass clear colorless rim 2; glass clear colorless handle 1; glass clear colorless greenish BS 3; glass clear colorless black BS 1
Period:		Frankish (1210-1458 AD)
Chronology:		mid-13th c.
Grid:		129.55-124.5E, 1077.21-1078.56N
XMin:		124.5
XMax:		129.55
YMin:		1077.21
YMax:		1078.56
Site:		Corinth
City:		Ancient Corinth
Country:		Greece
Masl:		84.517-84.643m.
References:		Image: digital 2015 0493 Coins (6)