Corinth Basket: Temple E, Southeast, context 690
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Basket
Name:   Temple E, Southeast, context 690
Area:   Temple E, Southeast
Title:   Compacted Crust in W Room 3
Category:   Deposit
Notebook:   1109
Context:   690
Date:   2015/05/06
Lot:   Lot 2015-019
Stratum:   5%, Sub rounded spherical Fine Pebbles
Description:   Top slope of the context is slight down to the S. The soil color is light yellowish grey. The soil compaction is soft. The soil is well sorted. It is sandy silt.
Notes:   (ERA) 13:13 Work started in this context late in the day, so after opening the records and taking the measurements the work ended, leaving the extension for tomorrow.
7 May, 2015
(ERA) 7:35 Removal of the area started. During the excavation the area was slightly expanded to the south, otherwise the work of this deposit did not present any further problems. A change on the soil determined the closing of this context.
3/06/2015 (L. Kennedy, R. Valente)
Animal bones: sheep/goat, fish, bird, limpet, 0.97 kg, all thrown.
Context Pottery:   Fineware. metallic ware, unslipped (1275-1335), pitcher. 9 bodysherds. (saved to lot) .; Coarseware. matte painted, pitcher. 1 rim. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. maiolica archaica, pitcher. 1 bodysherd. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. RMR, slipped (1275-1325), bowl. 5 rims. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. late sgraffito, slipped style VII (1250-1300), bowl. 2 bodysherds. (saved to lot) .; Coarseware. matte painted, stamnos. 2 rims. 33 bodysherds. (saved to lot) .; Coarseware. plain bowl, bowl. 1 rim. ; Fineware. late sgraffito, slipped style VII (1250-1300), plate. 1 rim. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. glossy ware, bowl. 1 rim. (saved to lot) .
Pottery Summary:   45 frag(s) 0.219 kg. (89% saved) fineware.
    135 frag(s) 1.8 kg. (30% saved) coarseware.
    55 frag(s) 0.4 kg. (0% saved) cooking ware.
Context Artifacts:   glass clear colorless tubular ring foot 1; glass clear colorless prunted beaker BS 2 (as MF-14171); iron double hook (as Corinth 12, cat. 2892); glass clear colorless with blue ring lip 1; glass clear colorless BS 3; eggshell fragment 1; iron nail with square shank 4; bronze fragment 1; glass clear colorless tubular ring foot from beaker 2
Period:   Frankish (1210-1458 AD)
Chronology:   early 14th century
Grid:   112.4-110E, 1060.8-1063.9N
XMin:   110
XMax:   112.4
YMin:   1060.8
YMax:   1063.9
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
Masl:   84.65-84.88m.
References:   Image: digital 2015 0592