Corinth Basket Glauke West, context 15

Collection:		Corinth
Type:		Basket
Name:		Glauke West, context 15
Area:		Glauke West
Context Type:		Pit
Title:		Glauke West, South trench, pit fill
Category:		Deposit
Notebook:		1102
Context:		15
Page:		0
Date:		2008/11/10
Stratum:		30% small, medium cobbles, many angular and ply, medium large pebbles and some tile; rare lenses of white fine sand; traces of carbon
Description:		Top slope of the context is very slight down to the W. The soil color is dark brownish black. The soil compaction is soft. The soil is poorly sorted. It is fine sand.
Notes:		15 is the fill of a pit revealed by 5. It seems to continue at its NW corner under the scarp (limit of excavation). The fill contained animal bones but also some human bones, even from a baby. These were just pieces amongst the soil as if the fil had been collected from a funerary context, then redeposited here. After these bones were revealed, Thansis dug very slowly for some time with his hands, just to be sure that we were not missing a grave, for the soil was extremely loose and soft. The pit ends in its northern two-thirds on a new deposit with more pebbles and small cobbles. The southern third continues deeper but is it too narrow a space to continue digging now. Three coins were recognized only after being turned in for cleaning. Therefore, while numbers have been given to them, there are no elevations or coordinates. These are 2008-269 to 2008-271. Two photographs of the pit were taken, one from the north (2008- ) and one from the south (2008- ).
Context Pottery:		Coarseware. pithos. 1 rim. ; Fineware. Late Light/dark slip paintedware, bowl. 2 rims. ; Fineware. Transfer painted ware, cup. 2 rims. 1 bodysherd. ; Fineware. Local Roman red ware, basin. 1 rim. ; Coarseware. Yellow glazed, basin. 1 handle. ; Coarseware. amphora. 4 handles. ; Fineware. Late light/dark slip painted ware, bowl. 1 rim. 1 complete profile. ; Fineware. Turkish green glazed, jar. 1 bodysherd. ; Fineware. Clear glazed, bowl. ; Fineware. basin. ; Coarseware. jar. 1 handle. 6 bodysherds. ; Fineware. Corinthian, plate. 1 rim. ; Coarseware. pitcher. ; Fineware. Green glazed, pitcher. 1 bodysherd. ; Fineware. Byzantine green-brown painted, plate. 1 rim. 1 bodysherd. ; Fineware. As C-99-10, cup. 1 rim. ; Fineware. Late yellow glazed, plate. 1 bodysherd. ; Fineware. Green painted, plate. 1 bodysherd. ; Coarseware. Needle incised, jar. 10 bodysherds. ; Cooking ware. pitcher. ; Coarseware. pitcher. 1 handle. ; Coarseware. Matt painted, amphora. 3 handles. 1 bodysherd. ; Fineware. pitcher. 1 handle. ; Fineware. Imitation porcelain, plate. 1 rim. 3 bodysherds. ; Fineware. 1 Persian frit as C-36-369, bowl. 1 bodysherd. ; Fineware. Green glazed, bowl. 1 rim. ; Fineware. skyphos. ; Coarseware. plate. 1 rim. ; Cooking ware. 1 handle. 4 bodysherds. ; Fineware. Green glazed, jar. 1 rim. ; Coarseware. Late Roman, amphora. 1 rim. ; Coarseware. Coan, amphora. 1 handle. ; Fineware. sgraffito I, slipped painted (1160-1180), plate. 2 bodysherds. ; Coarseware. Byzantine, amphora. 1 handle. ; Cooking ware. Siphnian, stewpot. 2 rims. ; Fineware. Eastern Sigillata B, bowl. 1 rim. ; Fineware. Brown glazed, basin. 1 bodysherd. ; Fineware. Green glazed, jar. 1 rim. ; Fineware. Clear glazed crockery, bowl. ; Coarseware. Interior glazed, basin. 16 bodysherds. ; Cooking ware. lid. 1 rim. ; Fineware. Yellow glazed, bowl. 1 bodysherd. ; Fineware. Late painted sgraffito, plate. 1 bodysherd. ; Fineware. Green glazed, bowl. 10 rims. 18 bodysherds. ; Fineware. Coarse green glazed, basin. 1 rim. 5 bodysherds. ; Cooking ware. stewpot. 1 handle. ; Fineware. Late clear glazed, bowl. 1 bodysherd. ; Fineware. Dark green glazed, plate. ; Cooking ware. deep jar with outturned rim, jar. 1 rim. ; Coarseware. 33 bodysherds.
Pottery Summary:		99 frag(s) 2.26 kg. (0% saved) fineware.
		98 frag(s) 4.11 kg. (0% saved) coarseware.
		11 frag(s) 0.32 kg. (0% saved) cooking ware.
Context Artifacts:		1 bronze sheet; 10 curved roof tiles; 3 Turkish pipes; Bone- carpal/tarsal of B. taurus (Cattle) - 3 example(s).; 5 iron nails; glass windowpane blue frgt 1; 1 iron jar handle; 1 zembili animal bones: sheep goat, incl. 3 cut sheep heads; Clear glazed Byzantine standed lamp; Bone- cranial of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 13 example(s).; Bone- femur of B. taurus (Cattle) - 1 example(s).; Bone- femur of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 8 example(s).; Bone- femur of Equus sp (Horse, Ass Family) - 2 example(s).; Bone- humerus of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 5 example(s).; Bone- humerus of Equus sp (Horse, Ass Family) - 1 example(s).; Bone- humerus of Oryctolagus cuniculus (Rabbit - Domestic) - 1 example(s).; Bone- indeterminate of Mammalia, lg (Mammal - Large) - 15 example(s).; Bone- indeterminate of Mammalia, md (Mammal - Medium) - 9 example(s).; Bone- innominate of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 8 example(s).; Bone- limb bone, undiff. of Aves, md (Bird - Medium) - 2 example(s).; Bone- limb bone, undiff. of B. taurus (Cattle) - 8 example(s).; Bone- mandible of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 23 example(s).; Bone- mandible of Equus sp (Horse, Ass Family) - 1 example(s).; Bone- metapodial of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 5 example(s).; Bone- phalanx of B. taurus (Cattle) - 1 example(s).; Bone- phalanx of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 2 example(s).; Bone- radioulna of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 3 example(s).; Bone- radioulna of Equus sp (Horse, Ass Family) - 2 example(s).; Bone- rib of Mammalia, lg (Mammal - Large) - 1 example(s).; Bone- rib of Mammalia, md (Mammal - Medium) - 17 example(s).; Bone- scapula of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 5 example(s).; Bone- scapula of Mammalia, lg (Mammal - Large) - 4 example(s).; Bone- tarsal of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 2 example(s).; Bone- tarsal, astragalus of Equus sp (Horse, Ass Family) - 1 example(s).; Bone- tibia of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 16 example(s).; Bone- tibia of Equus sp (Horse, Ass Family) - 1 example(s).; Bone- vertebrae of Mammalia, md (Mammal - Medium) - 8 example(s).
Period:		Early Modern (1831-1949 AD)
Chronology:		c. 1825
Grid:		32.1-30.95E, 32.1-36.1N
XMin:		30.95
XMax:		32.1
YMin:		32.1
YMax:		36.1
Site:		Corinth
City:		Ancient Corinth
Country:		Greece
Masl:		81.92-82.59m.
References:		Coins (4)