Corinth Basket Temple E, Southeast, context 162

Collection:		Corinth
Type:		Basket
Name:		Temple E, Southeast, context 162
Area:		Temple E, Southeast
Context Type:		deposit
Title:		Fill of Pit, Room 8
Category:		Deposit
Notebook:		1108
Context:		162
Date:		2014/04/24
Lot:		Lot 2014-011
Stratum:		Inclusions: ceramics (10%), tile (10%), (large/whole) bones (2%)
Description:		Top slope of the context is slight down to the S. The soil color is light yellowish brown. The soil compaction is soft. The soil is moderately sorted. It is sandy clay.
Notes:		Context 162 was the fill of a pit in the N-central part of Room 8, Unit II. The cut of the pit is Context 159. Originally it was interpreted as a depression into which the floor surface preserved in the S part of the room had sunk as a result of settling into a pit below. As we dug, the fill was a uniformly soft sandy clay with relatively little material in the upper elevations. Material increased somewhat as we continued, though it was still not densely concentrated. Material consisted of large fragments of ceramics, tile, and bone. When the soft fill was removed, we reached a harder interface that seems to be the bottom of the pit. This depression seems to have initially been discovered in NB 877 B113, and NB 877 B114 was directly laid over Context 162. Here, they recorded that the depression was covered by tile fall and debris associated with a destruction. The pit therefore was cut into an abraded floor (Context 153) in Room 8 prior to the destruction of the room. What appeared to be an overlying floor may have washed down from the surrounding surface. A lower clay surface also cut through by the pit is visible in the N and E sides of the cut.
Context Pottery:		Fineware. archaic maiolica, slipped (1270-1325), bowl. 1 rim. 3 bodysherds. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. zeuxippus sgraffito, slipped painted (1240-1260), plate. 1 rim. 2 bodysherds. (saved to lot) .sgraffito unpainted; Fineware. frit albarello1 rim. 2 bodysherds. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. venetto ware, bowl. 8 bodysherds. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. venetto ware, bowl. 1 rim. (saved to lot) .rouletted; Cooking ware. vertical rim stewpot (1270-1320)2 rims. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. RMR, slipped (1275-1325), bowl. 1 rim. 4 bodysherds. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. protomaiolica, slipped (1260-1325), plate. 2 bodysherds. (saved to lot) .; Coarseware. stamnos. 4 handles. 44 bodysherds. (saved to lot) .matt-painted; Fineware. metallic ware, unslipped (1275-1335), pitcher. 1 rim. 1 handle. 22 bodysherds. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. maiolica, bowl. 1 rim. (saved to lot) .green painted; Coarseware. gunsenin III amphora (1200-1300)2 handles. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. zeuxippus sgraffito, slipped painted (1240-1260), bowl. 3 bodysherds. (saved to lot) .sgraffito unpainted; lime cement?; Fineware. protomaiolica, slipped (1260-1325), bowl. 1 rim. 1 bodysherd. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. maiolica archaica pisana, bowl. 3 rims. 1 bodysherd. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. 12th c.11 bodysherds. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. 13th c.51 bodysherds. (saved to lot) .; Coarseware. bowl. 1 rim. (saved to lot) .matt-painted; Fineware. protomaiolica, slipped (1260-1325), pitcher. 1 bodysherd. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. pre-Roman6 bodysherds. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. sgraffito IV (1300-1400), bowl. 2 rims. 1 bodysherd. (saved to lot) .
Pottery Summary:		145 frag(s) 1.13 kg. (100% saved) fineware.
		624 frag(s) 6.4 kg. (100% saved) coarseware.
		70 frag(s) 0.65 kg. (100% saved) cooking ware.
Context Artifacts:		glass clear green, bead?, 1; plaster, green, 1; bronze, lump, 1; glass clear colorless, prunted beaker, bs, 1; glass clear yellowish, base, 1, bs, 4; glass clear, lump, 1; iron, blade, preserved L. 0.143, W. 0.044, Th. 0.006, 3; iron, nail, square shank, 4, L. 0.088, L. 0.043, L. 0.042, L. 0.041; bronze, spherical earring with silver and gold plating, Diam. 0.009, 1 (INV); glass clear, floor of glass-blower's basin, as MF 2000-17, 2; glass clear colorless, rim, 2, bs, 10; iron, bent strip, 1; lead, wire, 1; iron, nail, square shank, 4; iron, lump, 6
Period:		Frankish (1210-1458 AD)
Chronology:		14th c.
YMin:		1082.98
YMax:		1085.12
Site:		Corinth
City:		Ancient Corinth
Country:		Greece
Masl:		84.33-84.9m.
References:		Image: digital 2014 0182 Object: MF 2014 17 Coin: 2014 66