| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Basket | |
| Name: | New Apotheke: D. Kokolopoulos and E. Lambraki Field, context 216 | |
| Area: | New Apotheke: D. Kokolopoulos and E. Lambraki Field | |
| Context Type: | Deposit | |
| Title: | Soft fill north of cistern with possible cut | |
| Category: | Deposit | |
| Notebook: | 1111 | |
| Context: | 216 | |
| Date: | 2016/07/19 | |
| Stratum: | Inclusions: tile, pottery, bone, charcoal, plant roots, angular platy limestone cobbles, small spherical rounded pebbles (40% inclusions) | |
| Description: | Top slope of the context is level. The soil color is dark brownish grey. The soil compaction is soft. The soil is poorly sorted. It is sandy silt. | |
| Notes: | It was decided to remove 216 to further elucidate the relationship between the red fill to the north and the ashy grey soil known as the so-called pit fill. This context has the same soil as 207 and part of our goal was to bring down the soil to an elevation equal with 207. Removal revealed the southern edge of more reddish fill. This context has become of particular interest because of its relationship to the nearby cistern. The cistern has been dated to the late Roman period by architecture. The pottery coming from this context has both Byzantine and late Roman sherds. Clearance of the context revealed another course of a yet unlabeled wall. It appears that this "pit fill" is later than the cistern wall. The fill seems to cut where part of the wall ran before it was robbed out. The fill post dates the cistern wall of 199 198. We initially wanted to understand a possible cut at the context's northern end. It's still unclear if this is a natural depositional cut or one for a structure Half way through the context it was decided to do 100% sieving. New Apotheke finds [-K. Petrole]: NA-64: Bronze chain NA-65: Bronze buckle NA-66: Bone stylus NA-67: Coin Corinth [IM]PCAESDOMITIANAUGGERM[-], Radiate head of Domitian r., linear borders COL IVL-AVG COR, Poseidon stg. L., r. foot on rock, holding dolphin in r. and vertical trident in l., linear border cf. RPC 2.183, ca. 85-87 CE 22mm, 6.84g, [arrow down left], AE A3(?) *Worth taking a picture of since this variety is not in RPC. Obverse legend may include [PP] and crown is definitely radiate while RPC 2.183-185 are all laureate. [Read by M. Ierardi] NA-68: Coin NA-70: Glass bead | |
| Context Pottery: | Coarseware. pitcher. 1 rim. (saved to lot) .zoomorphic spout; Cooking ware. stewpot. 4 rims. (saved to lot) .cooking pot, tall 10th century irregular; Fineware. pitcher. 2 bodysherds. (saved to lot) .burnished; Coarseware. pitcher. 1 rim. (saved to lot) .trefoil mouth pitcher; Cooking ware. stewpot. 1 rim. (saved to lot) .cooking pot flaring; Fineware. pitcher. 1 bodysherd. (saved to lot) .Burnished incised; Fineware. plain glazed, unslipped (800-1100), pitcher. 2 handles. 1 bodysherd. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. plain glazed, unslipped (800-1100), bowl. 1 rim. 2 bodysherds. (saved to lot) .; Coarseware. amphora. 2 rims. (saved to lot) .table amphora; Cooking ware. collar rim stew pot (1000-1100)2 rims. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. plain glazed, unslipped (800-1100), cup. 4 bodysherds. (saved to lot) . | |
| Context Artifacts: | metal chain; coin; glass; belt buckle; worked bone; coin | |
| Period: | Middle Byzantine (802-1058 AD) | |
| Chronology: | 10th century | |
| Grid: | -313.3--314.51E, 1472.11-1475.7N | |
| XMin: | -314.51 | |
| XMax: | -313.3 | |
| YMin: | 1472.11 | |
| YMax: | 1475.7 | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| Masl: | 58.189-58.288m. |