| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Basket | |
| Name: | Temple E, Southeast, context 918 | |
| Area: | Temple E, Southeast | |
| Context Type: | deposit | |
| Title: | Dark, Pebble Fill in Center of Church | |
| Category: | Deposit | |
| Notebook: | 1110 | |
| Context: | 918 | |
| Date: | 2016/05/06 | |
| Stratum: | Silty clay soil with ca. 10% inclusions of pottery, bone, shell, and glass altogether and then ca. 25% fine, medium, and coarse pebbles ranging from rounded to angular. | |
| Description: | Top slope of the context is level. The soil color is dark yellowish brown. The soil compaction is firm. The soil is moderately sorted. It is silty clay. | |
| Notes: | This context is located within the center of the church and extends into the north aisle marked by NW pier, Str. 23. The northern cut mark is in line with th enorthern edge of NW Pier, Str. 23. The dark, pebbel fill was likely used as a levling layer for the concrete floor context (909). The fill extends down to the level previously defined around the excavated graves 2014-03, 2014- . There is a southern cut mark that idfined by the northern edge of an as yet unnamed SW Pier, marking the southern aisle. Note - SW Pier base now given as context 920. Coins 133 and 134 found in sieve. | |
| Context Pottery: | Fineware. plain glazed, unslipped (800-1100), mug. 1 rim. ; Fineware. Preroman74 bodysherds. ; Fineware. plain glazed, unslipped (800-1100), chafing dish. 1 bodysherd. ; Fineware. Roman46 bodysherds. ; Cooking ware. triangular rim stew pot (1100-1270)2 bodysherds. ; Fineware. slipped plain glazed (1100-1300), bowl. 2 rims. | |
| Pottery Summary: | 126 frag(s) 0.04 kg. (0% saved) fineware. | |
| 1618 frag(s) 8.7 kg. (0% saved) coarseware. | ||
| 339 frag(s) 1.8 kg. (0% saved) cooking ware. | ||
| Context Artifacts: | charcoal 4; shell murex 1, other 4; iron lumps 3; glass, yellow green, 3 pieces; glass tessera; glass clear greenish base 1, bs 4, rim 1; marble revetement chips, many fragments; glass, opaque, 1 piece; iron nails 3, including 1 square shaft; bronze (medallion?) 1; opus sectile, rosso antico, 2 pieces (saved to lot); glass clear colorless bs 12; iron tack 1; shell 3; glass clear greenish window pane 1; glass, clear, 2 pieces | |
| Period: | Frankish (1210-1458 AD) | |
| Chronology: | 14th | |
| Grid: | 128-126E, 1070.6-1074.2N | |
| XMin: | 126 | |
| XMax: | 128 | |
| YMin: | 1070.6 | |
| YMax: | 1074.2 | |
| Site: | Corinth | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| Masl: | 85.373-85.419m. | |
| References: | Image: digital 2016 0305 Image: digital 2016 0320 Image: digital 2016 0321 Coin: 2016 133 Coin: 2016 134 |
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