Corinth Basket Temple E, Southeast, context 862

Collection:		Corinth
Type:		Basket
Name:		Temple E, Southeast, context 862
Area:		Temple E, Southeast
Title:		Fill by E face structure 850
Category:		Deposit
Notebook:		1109
Context:		862
Date:		2015/06/12
Lot:		Lot 2015-035
Stratum:		50% tabular sub-rounded coarse pebbles. Some fragments of tiles present but not on high numbers.
Description:		Top slope of the context is uneven. The soil color is dark yellowish brown. The soil compaction is firm. The soil is poorly sorted. It is sandy silt.
Notes:		7.40: Removal of the context started from its south edge, which constitutes also part of the cut 842. Excavating towards the north, the east face of the wall is better defined. This deposit was cut by 842, 823 and the central pit excavated in previous seasons, as well as being laid against 850. Thus, the dating of its materials can be of great importance for the stratigraphic sequence of the area. 8.34: Second pass on the context. The layer being exposed is the same that the bottom on the east side of Cut 842. It is also helping to illustrate more clearly how the wall was built: rather than a foundation trench the wall is laid on a surface and then throws of soil are placed on both sides by the lower courses, acting also as a leveling fill. 9.36: Second pass of the context is finishing, revealing the layer described above more extensively in the area. The clayish surface on the NE corner of the room seems to run over this context, although the degraded state of the clay surface does not allow for a clear boundary. 10.49: Final cleaning of the boundaries is finishing; based on the relationship of the white clay level with this context and structure 850 it was decided to excavate it as a deposit. 24/06/2015 Larkin Kennedy, Rossana Valente Animal bones: shepp/goat, bovid, limpet, murex, (1.52 kg) bones all thrown because they are extremely fragmentary.
Context Pottery:		Fineware. frankish incised, bowl. 2 rims. 13 bodysherds. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. preroman36 bodysherds. ; Cooking ware. triangular2 rims. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. protomaiolioca (?), bowl. 1 bodysherd. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. 12th century16 bodysherds. ; Coarseware. matt painted, pitcher. 1 handle. 6 bodysherds. (saved to lot) .; Coarseware. matt painted, basin. 1 rim. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. blue frit2 bodysherds. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. premedieval41 bodysherds. ; Fineware. slip plain glaze5 rims. 18 bodysherds. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. 11th century2 bodysherds. ; Fineware. late champs levee fine, slipped style VI (1200-1225), bowl. 2 bodysherds. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. light on dark IV, slip painted (1225-1260), bowl. 1 rim. 1 bodysherd. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. white frit2 bodysherds. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. Aegean2 rims. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. glaze painted IV, slipped (1220-1260), bowl. 3 rims. 2 bodysherds. (saved to lot) .
Pottery Summary:		126 frag(s) 0.94 kg. (49% saved) fineware.
		1268 frag(s) 7.3 kg. (0% saved) coarseware.
		246 frag(s) 1.51 kg. (0% saved) cooking ware.
Context Artifacts:		plaster painted red 1 (saved to lot); iron nail round shaft 3 (saved to lot); glass clear transparent rim 1 (as MF-1968-236); iron lump 2 (saved to lot); glass clear light yellow bs 1 (saved to lot); glass clear transparent blue decoration 1 (as MF-1991-16) (saved to lot); glass clear green bs 2 (saved to lot); glass clear light purple bs 1 (saved to lot); glass clear transparent bs 3 (saved to lot); iron nail square shaft 1 (saved to lot)
Period:		Frankish (1210-1458 AD)
Chronology:		3rd quarter 13th century
Grid:		127.4-125E, 1080.6-1084.5N
XMin:		125
XMax:		127.4
YMin:		1080.6
YMax:		1084.5
Site:		Corinth
City:		Ancient Corinth
Country:		Greece
Masl:		84.52-84.79m.
References:		Image: digital 2015 0946 Coin: 2015 586 Coin: 2015 588