Collection: | Corinth | |
Type: | Basket | |
Name: | Temple E, Southeast, context 52 | |
Area: | Temple E, Southeast | |
Title: | Fill under floor in church | |
Category: | Deposit | |
Notebook: | 1108 | |
Context: | 52 | |
Date: | 2014/04/11 | |
Lot: | Lot 2014-001 | |
Stratum: | Inclusions: 40% total; ceramic; stone (pebble to cobble, angular and irregular); cement; bone; metal; glass. | |
Description: | The soil color is dark reddish brown. The soil compaction is firm. The soil is poorly sorted. It is sandy silt. | |
Notes: | Context 52 is a fill under floor in NW quadrdant of church nave. Work proceeded from NE by small pick at a depth of 5-8cm by Tasos. Inclusions of bone were infrequent and concentrated in NW corner by pit (context 32). In the area W of the NW pier base (context 23), architectural material was collected, including: plainted plaster with an embedded blue pebble, a fragment of pebble mosaic with blue and yellow pebbles, marble fragments including one embedded in a fragment of plaster. Several other fragments of unfaced cement were also discovered but not collected from this area. Once coin (2014-15) was found in the sieve and came from the E area of this context, while another coin (2014-16) was found in the NW area. Several other metal objects were also collected, including a bronze object and 3 iron nails. Work ceased when a softer, redder deposit was uncovered in the W area by the threshold (context 61). Later notes: The presence of fragments of flooring may suggest that this context is not a levelling fill for the floor comprised of these mosaic flooring, but rather for a later floor. ELEVATIONS (Opening/Closing) SE: 85.42 m / 85.39 m SW (to S): 85.40 / 85.39 SW (to W): 85.43 / -- NW: 85.37 / 85.35 NE: 85.40 / 85.39 center (high): 85.47 / 85.40 center (low): 85.38 / -- | |
Context Pottery: | Fineware. Po sgraffitto, pitcher. 1 bodysherd. (saved to lot) .early 16th c; Fineware. slipped plain glazed (1100-1300), unidentified. 3 bodysherds. ; Fineware. Late Roman, plate. 1 rim. (saved to lot) .unidentified ware, 6th century rouletted; Fineware. Roman8 bodysherds. ; Fineware. Pre-Roman19 bodysherds. ; Fineware. metallic ware, unslipped (1275-1335), plate. 1 rim. ; Coarseware. stamnos. 8 bodysherds. matte painted; Fineware. glaze painted IV, slipped (1220-1260), bowl. 2 rims. (saved to lot) .non-joining contexts, 83, joining context, 99 | |
Pottery Summary: | 28 frag(s) 0.1 kg. (14% saved) fineware. | |
316 frag(s) 2.45 kg. (0% saved) coarseware. | ||
81 frag(s) 0.4 kg. (0% saved) cooking ware. | ||
Context Artifacts: | cosmati floor, white marble, 3 (saved to lot); glass clear colorless, bs, 12; tile, 15; architectural fragment, white marble, 1 (saved to lot); white marble in cement, 2 (saved to lot); cosmati floor in cement, black andyellow, 1 (saved to lot); iron nail, square shank, 4; cosmati floor, lapis lacedaemonius, 1 (saved to lot); bronze, sheet, 1; glass clear green, rim, 1, bs, 2; bronze, 1; cosmati floor, red, 1 (saved to lot); cosmati floor, black, 1 (saved to lot); bronze, hook shaped wire, 1; cosmati floor in cement, red and black, 1 (saved to lot); glass clear colorless, bs with applied threads, 1 | |
Period: | Turkish I (1458-1680 AD) | |
Grid: | 125.99-124.51E, 1070.57-1074.67N | |
XMin: | 124.51 | |
XMax: | 125.99 | |
YMin: | 1070.57 | |
YMax: | 1074.67 | |
Site: | Corinth | |
City: | Ancient Corinth | |
Country: | Greece | |
Masl: | 85.35-85.47m. | |
References: | Image: digital 2014 0082 Object: C 2014 6 Coin: 2014 15 Coin: 2014 16 |