Corinth Basket Temple E, Southeast, context 715

Collection:		Corinth
Type:		Basket
Name:		Temple E, Southeast, context 715
Area:		Temple E, Southeast
Title:		Rocky Fill in NW center of Rm 9
Category:		Deposit
Notebook:		1109
Context:		715
Date:		2015/05/09
Stratum:		40% inclusions with a few large bone pieces, three cobbles, numerous fine, medium, spherical pebbles, and a couple of medium roof tiles
Description:		The soil color is dark reddish brown. The soil compaction is firm. The soil is moderately sorted. It is sandy clay.
Notes:		coin 130 (sieve): Frankish or French, likely early to mid 13th century coin 117 (sieve): Byzantine, Manuel I coin 132 (sieve): Not a coin Context 715 seems to be a dump of fill, roughly leveled, in a sub-rectangular patch, which is cut bu the foundation trench (706/708) for wall 700. Thre coins were recovered from the sieve: coin 130, Coin 132, and Coin 117.
Context Pottery:		Fineware. late painted sgraffito, bowl. 1 rim. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. protomaiolica, slipped (1260-1325), bowl. 2 bodysherds. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. glaze painted1 bodysherd. (saved to lot) .no overglaze; Fineware. slip painted VI, bowl. 2 bodysherds. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. RMR, slipped (1275-1325), bowl. 1 bodysherd. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. late painted sgraffito, dish. 2 rims. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. protomaiolica, slipped (1260-1325), pitcher. 1 handle. (saved to lot) .; Cooking ware. vertical folded rim2 rims. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. glaze painted IV, slipped (1220-1260), bowl. 2 rims. 4 bodysherds. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. white frit, bowl. 1 rim. (saved to lot) .
Pottery Summary:		91 frag(s) 0.6 kg. (87% saved) fineware.
		584 frag(s) 4.85 kg. (0% saved) coarseware.
		111 frag(s) 0.85 kg. (2% saved) cooking ware.
Context Artifacts:		iron nail head and shaft, square 2, round 1; bronze sheet 4; bronze lump 1 (previously coin 132); glass clear colorless with knob bs 1 (as MF-14171), green bs 1; iron slag 2; bronze lump 1; steatite button as MF-6562 (diam. 0.026); marble relief fragment with part of frame and drapery (L. 0.132, W. 0.104, D. 0.047)
Period:		Frankish (1210-1458 AD)
Chronology:		Fourth quarter of the 13th century
Grid:		129.63-126.95E, 1083.31-1086.2N
XMin:		126.95
XMax:		129.63
YMin:		1083.31
YMax:		1086.2
Site:		Corinth
City:		Ancient Corinth
Country:		Greece
Masl:		84.69-84.8m.
References:		Image: digital 2015 0627 Coin: 2015 117 Coin: 2015 130 Coin: 2015 132