Corinth Basket Temple E, Southeast, context 152

Collection:		Corinth
Type:		Basket
Name:		Temple E, Southeast, context 152
Area:		Temple E, Southeast
Title:		Leveling fill in NE corner of courtyard
Category:		Deposit
Notebook:		1108
Context:		152
Date:		2014/04/23
Stratum:		5% small angular and rounded pebbles; shell, bone and ceramics
Description:		Top slope of the context is level. The soil color is dark brownish black. The soil compaction is firm. The soil is very poorly sorted. It is sandy silt.
Notes:		We are removing the leveling fill in the NE corner of the courtyard. It is very dark brownish black with carbon flakes throughout. It is possible that this is similar to the fill of the second pass of Deposit 117. This NE corner has always been a bit different than the rest of the courtyard. A slight martyr had been left along the north and east dictated by the concrete from the consolidation of the walls. We have arbitrarily sectioned off the northern half of the courtyard to allow for further exploration in our limited time. The western limit is at 103 E and the southern is at 1062 N. We continue to be bounded to the north and the east by the consolidated walls of Unit 2. 24/4/14: We continued to remove the fill in the morning. It does appear that the surface to the west dives down to the E. While some of what the removal of 152 uncovered looks to be the same surface. Some of it in the corner has fewer inclusions. The stones revealed by the martyr removal (Deposit 139) are now clearly a cut into this courtyard surface. In the very northeast corner there is a second pit cut into the surface that goes below the concrete from the wall reconstructions. We will remove these two pits before turning to the courtyard surfaces.
Context Pottery:		Coarseware. amphora. 2 rims. high swung handle; Fineware. protomaiolica, slipped (1260-1325), pitcher. 1 bodysherd. ; Coarseware. bowl. 1 bodysherd. matte painted; Fineware. pre-medieval3 bodysherds. ; Fineware. metallic ware, unslipped (1275-1335), pitcher. 1 rim. 1 handle. ; Fineware. metallic ware, unslipped (1275-1335), bowl. 2 rims. ; Fineware. protomaiolica, slipped (1260-1325), bowl. 1 rim. 1 bodysherd. ; Fineware. glaze painted IV, slipped (1220-1260)1 bodysherd. no over glaze; Fineware. glaze painted IV, slipped (1220-1260), bowl. 2 rims. 1 bodysherd. ; Coarseware. stamnos. 2 rims. 4 handles. 34 bodysherds. matte painted; Fineware. late sgraffito, slipped style VII (1250-1300), plate. 2 rims. 1 bodysherd. ; Coarseware. bowl. 5 rims. ; Fineware. plain glazed, bowl. 3 rims. 12 bodysherds. ; Fineware. plain glazed, pitcher. 1 handle. 1 bodysherd. ; Fineware. late sgraffito, slipped style VII (1250-1300), bowl. 1 rim.
Pottery Summary:		40 frag(s) 0.24 kg. (0% saved) fineware.
		257 frag(s) 2.3 kg. (0% saved) coarseware.
		27 frag(s) 0.16 kg. (0% saved) cooking ware.
Context Artifacts:		iron, nail, square shank, 2, head with shank, 2 (saved to lot); shell, 2 (saved to lot); glass clear colorless, prunted beaker, bs, 1 (saved to lot); bronze, sheet, 1 (saved to lot); glass clear colorless, rim, 1 (saved to lot); glass clear bluish green, bs, 1 (saved to lot); bronze, lump, 4 (saved to lot)
Period:		Frankish (1210-1458 AD)
Chronology:		14th
Grid:		108.38-106.1E, 1062.64-1064.96N
XMin:		106.1
XMax:		108.38
YMin:		1062.64
YMax:		1064.96
Site:		Corinth
City:		Ancient Corinth
Country:		Greece
Masl:		85.58-85.73m.
References:		Coin: 2014 64 Coin: 2014 65