| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Basket | |
| Name: | Temple E, Southeast, context 318 | |
| Area: | Temple E, Southeast | |
| Title: | Clayey deposit sloping E of wall | |
| Category: | Deposit | |
| Notebook: | 1108 | |
| Context: | 318 | |
| Date: | 2014/05/16 | |
| Stratum: | Inclusions of lots of tiles, stones (coarse pebbles and cobbles, sub-rounded and angular), bones, and pottery (approximately 15%) | |
| Description: | Top slope of the context is steep down to the E. The soil color is light brownish grey. The soil compaction is firm. The soil is very poorly sorted. It is clayey silt. | |
| Notes: | We turn our attention to the clayey tile deposit that covers the top of the N-S wall and slopes steeply to the E. This layer has been partially visible since 24 April 2014 after the removal of the boulders in reddish soil above it. We begin removing this layer with small picks starting at the W and exposing the preserved top of the wall. We continue down the slope to the E, taking care to keep the stones in place as much as possible to get a clear picture of the extent of the wall collapse. The removal of this layer has revealed an extensive slope of the collapsed wall continuing on a moderate slope to approximately E114.30. Four coins, 2014-129 and 2014-132 to 134 were found in the dry sieve. Pottery, bone, little glass, and some iron, including a buckle, was collected in this context. This deposit seems to be the melting of the clayey coatings on the W face of wall 135 after the wall had collapsed. This layer is visible in the scarp to the N and might have continued along the entire length of the wall. Notes added 21/5/14, K.E.L. | |
| Context Pottery: | Fineware. zeuxippus sgraffito, slipped painted (1240-1260), plate. 2 rims. ; Coarseware. stamnos. 1 rim. 3 handles. 25 bodysherds. matt painted; Fineware. late scraffito 7, plate. 3 rims. 1 bodysherd. one rim with mend hole; Fineware. glaze painted 42 rims. 5 bodysherds. ; Fineware. protomaiolica, slipped (1260-1325), plate. 1 rim. ; Fineware. metallic ware, unslipped (1275-1335), pitcher. 1 bodysherd. ; Fineware. veneto, bowl. 1 rim. ; Fineware. earlier frankish21 bodysherds. ; Fineware. painted scraffito, bowl. 1 bodysherd. no overglaze; Fineware. light on dark I, slip painted (1100-1125), bowl. 4; Fineware. slip and glaze painted, bowl. 2 bodysherds. | |
| Pottery Summary: | 146 frag(s) 0.6 kg. (0% saved) fineware. | |
| 1041 frag(s) 6.6 kg. (0% saved) coarseware. | ||
| 226 frag(s) 1.3 kg. (0% saved) cooking ware. | ||
| Context Artifacts: | iron, square buckle, L: 0.0240, W: 0.0250; glass clear blue, bs, 3, rim, 1, lump, 1; glass clear green, bs, 3, rim, 1; glass clear colorless, pronted beaker, bs, 3, base, 1; shell, 1; glass clear tan, bs, 4, rim, 1; iron, nail round shank, 2; glass clear colorless, bs, 7, rim, 2; iron, sheet, rectangular, 2, L: 0.0450; iron, nail square shank, 5, complete L: 0.0140; iron, round buckle, D: 0.0325; stone, strop (knife sharpener), 1, preserved L: 0.0435 | |
| Period: | Frankish (1210-1458 AD) | |
| Grid: | 114.3-111.18E, 1075.91-1079.82N | |
| XMin: | 111.18 | |
| XMax: | 114.3 | |
| YMin: | 1075.91 | |
| YMax: | 1079.82 | |
| Site: | Corinth | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| Masl: | 85.66-85.9m. | |
| References: | Images (5) Coins (4) |
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