Collection: | Corinth | |
Type: | Basket | |
Name: | NB978 B34 P79 | |
Area: | Panaghia north | |
Category: | Basket/zembil | |
Notebook: | 978 | |
Context: | 34 | |
Page: | 79 | |
Date: | 2006/05/08 | |
Stratum: | Removal of stone configuration and bothros fill | |
Notes: | Dark reddish brown sandy silt, loose with rare pebbles. This basket is the removal of some of the stones located in the formation that is on a N/S axis to the E of the diamond tile pool, W of the column drum, N of the water channel. The floating stones, previously thought to be a continuation of the the water channel, were removed. As the stones were removed, it was eveident that they were part of the fill of a pit, along with the antifix, the fragments of both roof tiles and water pipes that surround the jar (B32) hypothesized to be a water junction. B 34 ended when the soil within the depression became more compact, possibly demonstrating 2 phases within the pit, though it is not homogeneous as E of the jar has more pebble inclusions and W softer soil. The jar has not yet been remved as it dips into the lower stratum of the pit. Just S of the jar, part of a block on the same orientation and axis as W271 was uncovered with what appears to be a cut through it, very similar to the cut in W287 for the passage of the water pipe trench (973 B23). The bottom of B34 has two different | |
Context Pottery: | Cooking ware. roman cooking fabric bs 1; Cooking ware. roman beaker base 1; Fineware. Hell 10 | |
Pottery Summary: | 10 frag(s) 0.45 kg. (0% saved) fineware. | |
61 frag(s) 1.6 kg. (0% saved) coarseware. | ||
16 frag(s) 0.9 kg. (0% saved) cooking ware. | ||
Context Artifacts: | bone unid 3; phalange unid 1; glass white with grooves bs 1; miniature mortar spout 1; wall plaster red 3 white 1 (saved to lot); tc roof antefix unpainted as South Stoa sima (saved to lot); bronze lump 1 | |
Period: | Early Roman (44BC-1/2 2nd c AD) | |
Chronology: | NPD | |
Grid: | 421.15-420.8E, 975.2-976.1N | |
XMin: | 420.8 | |
XMax: | 421.15 | |
YMin: | 975.2 | |
YMax: | 976.1 | |
Site: | Corinth | |
City: | Ancient Corinth | |
Country: | Greece | |
Masl: | 91.22-91.35m. | |
References: | Image: bw 2006 011 24 Image: digital 2006 0074 Object: FA 2006 1 Notebook Page: NB 978, spread 44 (pp. 78 - 79) |