Corinth Basket South Stoa, context 57

Collection:		Corinth
Type:		Basket
Name:		South Stoa, context 57
Area:		South Stoa
Context Type:		deposit
Title:		well fill, 11th deposit from top
Category:		Deposit
Notebook:		1109
Context:		57
Date:		2015/05/16
Lot:		Lot 2015-087
Stratum:		50% small reddish brown compacted spherical chunks, some carbon
Description:		Top slope of the context is even. The soil color is light yellowish brown. The soil compaction is soft. The soil is poorly sorted. It is sandy clay.
Notes:		We changed contexts arbitrarily after about 25cm of digging in context 56. By chance, when we began to dig 57, there was an immediate soil change. The soil has no pieces of yellowish clay in it, unlike the 4th - 10th deposits from the top. The soil is therefore looser and softer. It contains small pieces of a crumbly reddish brown material that gives the soil a reddish hue, as well as asignificant quantities of carbon and a bit of ash. There is no change in the amount of pottery present - there is still very little. There are noticeably larger and more pieces of carbon in this context compared to others. Also there are some yellow clay pieces still but much larger. The soil became more clayey (again perhaps the same yellow clay) and we changed contexts.
Context Pottery:		Cooking ware. Hellenistic, lid. 2 rims. (saved to lot) .; Cooking ware. Roman, stewpot. 1 rim. (saved to lot) .sim. To Cor 18.2 no. 176; Fineware. blisterware, oinochoe. 2 bodysherds. (saved to lot) .5th c. BCE; Coarseware. corinthian b, amphora. 5 bodysherds. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. Hellenistic, saucer. 1 rim. 4 bodysherds. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. Hellenistic, echinus bowl. 2 rims. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. blisterware1 bodysherd. (saved to lot) .hellenistic type; Fineware. prehistoric6 bodysherds. (saved to lot) .; Coarseware. Knidian?, amphora. 6 bodysherds. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. Hellenistic, moldmade bowl. 1 rim. 5 bodysherds. (saved to lot) .; Cooking ware. pan. 1 rim. (saved to lot) .; Cooking ware. krater. 1 rim. 1 bodysherd. (saved to lot) .; Coarseware. Hellenistic, pitcher. 1 bodysherd. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. Rom- ESA, cup. 1 bodysherd. (saved to lot) .Atalante form 48 (40-70 AD); Fineware. semiglazed bowl. 1 rim. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. unguentarium. 1 rim. 3 bodysherds. (saved to lot) .grey fabric; Cooking ware. Hellenistic, casserole. 1 rim. (saved to lot) .lid; Cooking ware. stewpot. 1 handle. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. Hellenistic, moldmade bowl. 1 bodysherd. (saved to lot) .argive; Fineware. archaic, skyphos. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. Hellenistic, bell krater. 1 rim. (saved to lot) .late; Fineware. unguentarium. 1 handle. 1 bodysherd. (saved to lot) .imitation cypriot fabric, nonjoining 58; Fineware. Campana A, bowl. 1 rim. (saved to lot) .
Pottery Summary:		87 frag(s) 0.17 kg. (100% saved) fineware.
		81 frag(s) 0.64 kg. (100% saved) coarseware.
		81 frag(s) 0.34 kg. (100% saved) cooking ware.
Context Artifacts:		bone, unidentified, 28, 0.028 kg (saved to lot); pan tile, 4 (saved to lot); metal slag, 1 (saved to lot); iron nail 1 (saved to lot); cement, pebble flooring, 1 (saved to lot); wall plaster, white, 3 (saved to lot); knucklebone, slightly polished, 1 (saved to lot); loomweight, conical, fragment 1 (saved to lot); wall plaster red 2 (saved to lot); mudbrick?, 1 (saved to lot); shell, land snail, 13 (saved to lot); tile frgt 3 (saved to lot)
Period:		Early Roman (44BC-1/2 2nd c AD)
Chronology:		2/2 1st c. AD
Grid:		327.8-327.1E, 1085.25-1086.05N
XMin:		327.1
XMax:		327.8
YMin:		1085.25
YMax:		1086.05
Site:		Corinth
City:		Ancient Corinth
Country:		Greece
Masl:		78.26-78.54m.
References:		Object: MF 2015 13 Coin: 2015 223