Corinth Basket: Temple E, Southeast, context 998 | Collection: | | Corinth | | Type: | | Basket | | Name: | | Temple E, Southeast, context 998 | | Area: | | Temple E, Southeast | | Context Type: | | skeleton | | Title: | | Partially Articulated Inhumation in Grave 2016-07 | | Category: | | Deposit | | Notebook: | | 1108 | | | | 1110 | | Context: | | 998 | | Date: | | 2015/05/05 | | | | 2016/06/06 | | Notes: | | This is a disturbed primary inhumation at the bottom of Grave 2016-07. It consists primarily of the thorax and upper arms. The lower portion of the spinal cord and the right arm have been shifted to the south of the uipper portion and left arm, which ar situated along the northern edge of Grave 2016-07. Most of the left ribs are still in situ along with the upper spine. Some of them were diarticulated with the shifting of the lower spine. The superior upper spine is resting on a curved tile. The right humerus had been overturned but still in anatomical position and articulated with the right scapula. Hand and wrist bones found among the rib cage indicates that the arms may have been crossed over the chest. In taking out this skeleton, another left humerus appeared beneath the visible left humerus. In examining the bones out of the earty, it is possible that the right scapula and humerus are not associated with the spinal column. The lower left humerus (second found in this context) seems much more similar in size. The burial seems to have a distinct cut mark as well (Cut 1000). The tile in the burial likely served the fuction of proping the cranium up. The burial is flush with the north side of Grave 2016-07 agaisnt the stone lining (Structure 1002). The extra left humerus was taken out with this skeleton. There are likely more hand bones than needed for one person.
It is likely that this skeleton and cut represent a grave disturbed by the later burials of Grave 2016-07. It is also very possible that some of the bones from the bone jubmles (992 and 996). The missing elements of this skeleton were removed to make room for skeleton 994. | | Period: | | Frankish (1210-1458 AD) | | Grid: | | 128-126.05E, 1069.15-1070N | | XMin: | | 126.05 | | XMax: | | 128 | | YMin: | | 1069.15 | | YMax: | | 1070 | | Site: | | Corinth | | City: | | Ancient Corinth | | Country: | | Greece | | Masl: | | 84.51-84.59m. | | References: | | Image: digital 2016 0547
Image: digital 2016 0552
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