Corinth Basket NB979 B7 P11

Collection:		Corinth
Type:		Basket
Name:		NB979 B7 P11
Area:		Panaghia west
Category:		Basket/zembil
Notebook:		979
Context:		7
Page:		11
Date:		2006/04/27
Lot:		Lot 2006-001
Stratum:		Pit fill is dark brownish brown sandy silt with 20% cobbles and 20% pebbes, soft and moderately sorted
Notes:		B 7 is the removal of the uppermost fill of the new pit, 2006-01. The soil is fairly soft and for the most part follows the contour of B 6, which occupies the NE portion of the trench, south of Wall 215 and east of Pit 2005-01. Because it is a pit, we are sieving all of the basket as well as reserving approximately one for every five baskets that is sieved, for water-sieving. We located quite a large patch of charcoal/carbon/ash close to Pit 2005-01 and we saved one large chunk and a sherd with charcoal attached to it. To the direct west of the carbon/ash patch and against the edge of Pit 2005-01 is a large chunk of mudbrick, which was photographed. B 7 contained one coin as well as bronze and charcoal. On 28/4/06 as we were removing B 7 we uncovered different layers within the pit. Up against the eastern edge of Pit 2005-01 was a much harder clayish layer. In the middle of B 7, the brownish sandy silt that is quite loose continues. And against walls 289 and 215, in the NE of the pit 2006-01 is a darker soil with carbon mottling. Finally, in the southern area of B 7 is a harder surface that is not the same as the clayish layer against Pit 2005-01. So we have decided to stop B 7 and excavate the clayish layer B 9 since it is higher in elevation and it appears as though B 7 was on top or covered this layer B 9 but also goes underneath it. It is unclear at present if B 7, or at least the continuation of B 7, whatever number we are giving it, goes under the harder, lighter soil that was visible before we began removing B 7. Found a lot of bronze, charcoal, a lot of iron and bone. See pg. 12 for top plan and pg. 13 for photos of mudbrick.
Context Pottery:		Coarseware. Coan handles 6 (saved to lot) .; Coarseware. Interior glazed basin rims 3, bases 3, bs 2 (saved to lot) .; Fineware. pre Roman 9 including unguentaria2 (saved to lot) .; Fineware. pitchers bs 2 (saved to lot) .; Fineware. Arretine unid bs 3 (saved to lot) .; Fineware. unid RS bs 1 (saved to lot) .; Cooking ware. PRS base 1 (saved to lot) .; Fineware. Arretine bowl rim 1 (saved to lot) .; Cooking ware. Early Roman stewpot rim 1 (saved to lot) .; Fineware. Arretine cup bs 1 (saved to lot) .
Pottery Summary:		68 frag(s) 0.2 kg. (100% saved) fineware.
		584 frag(s) 11.16 kg. (100% saved) coarseware.
		75 frag(s) 0.34 kg. (100% saved) cooking ware.
Context Artifacts:		charcoal lump 2 (saved to lot); obsidian primary flake 1 (saved to lot); bronze slag 7 (saved to lot); Bone misc 19 (saved to lot); Cement molding 1 (saved to lot); ceramic waster 4 (saved to lot); Fish vertabrae 1 (saved to lot); Tile 3 (saved to lot); lamp type 27 shoulder 1 (saved to lot); iron knife? Fragment 1 (saved to lot); plaster Hell black 1 (saved to lot); glass waster 1 (saved to lot); bronze lump 39 (saved to lot); plaster Roman red 2, black 1 (saved to lot); Glass blue 1 (saved to lot); bronze strip 2 (saved to lot); Shell venus 1 (saved to lot); Iron nail 3 (saved to lot); red chert 1 (saved to lot); bronze sheet fragment 2 (saved to lot); Mammal ovis molar 3 (saved to lot)
Period:		1 st c. A.C.
Chronology:		2nd half of the 1st A.C.
Grid:		409.8-408.65E, 966.85-968N
XMin:		408.65
XMax:		409.8
YMin:		966.85
YMax:		968
Site:		Corinth
City:		Ancient Corinth
Country:		Greece
Masl:		90.94-91.4m.
References:		Coin: 2006 8 Notebook Page: NB 979, spread 14 (pp. 11 - 12)