Corinth Basket Temple E, Southeast, context 144

Collection:		Corinth
Type:		Basket
Name:		Temple E, Southeast, context 144
Area:		Temple E, Southeast
Title:		Fill of pit in SW corner of courtyard
Category:		Deposit
Notebook:		1108
Context:		144
Date:		2014/04/23
Lot:		Lot 2014-019
Stratum:		40% inclusions, bone, tile frags, ceramic, shell, angular course pebbles, carbon
Description:		Top slope of the context is level. The soil color is dark greyish brown. The soil compaction is soft. The soil is very poorly sorted. It is sandy silt.
Notes:		the deposit 144 and its associated cut, 145, cut into the surface revealed by 117, so we are taking it before we go on with our sectioning of the courtyard area. There is a concentration of bone here and it's deeper than we expected. We suspect that the S drain post-dates this fill, as the drain was dug in. There was no evidence of a cut for the drain, which may mean that they laid the stones against the sides of a cut rather than digging a complete foundation trench and building the walls of the drain within it. There would have needed to be a wider cut for the capstones, but this would have been taken out in the previous excavations when the capstones were removed. This is where the cut for the drain belongs in the Harris Matrix. The extent of the pit is unknown. The currently excavated portion is truncated by the martyr we have along our south wall, which we are not removing because of the extensive gravel deposit associated with the modern reconstruction. Near the bottom of the fill the soil gets darker. We've revealed a hard packed surface with fewer inclusions and parts of two pits cut into it; one at the NW edge, where our pit butts up against the stones of the drain, and one at the east end, where our cut, 145, narrows. We close 144/145 and go on to section the courtyard.
Context Pottery:		Fineware. metallic ware, unslipped (1275-1335), pitcher. 1 bodysherd. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. plain glazed, unslipped (800-1100), bowl. 2 rims. 12 bodysherds. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. frit, plate. 1 rim. (saved to lot) .blue; Fineware. glaze painted IV, slipped (1220-1260), bowl. 2 rims. 4 bodysherds. (saved to lot) .no overglaze; Fineware. RMR, slipped (1275-1325), bowl. 1 bodysherd. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. plain glazed, unslipped (800-1100), bowl. 1 bodysherd. (saved to lot) .very glossy glaze; Fineware. sgraffito IV (1300-1400), bowl. 2 rims. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. 11th c.1 bodysherd. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. 12th c.3 bodysherds. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. late painted sgraffito, bowl. 1 rim. 2 bodysherds. (saved to lot) .; Coarseware. amphora. 1 handle. (saved to lot) .cone lid; Coarseware. bowl. 8 rims. (saved to lot) .; Cooking ware. vertical rim stewpot (1270-1320)3 rims. 3 handles. (saved to lot) .; Cooking ware. cooking pot1 rim. (saved to lot) .low collar rim; Fineware. early Frankish3 bodysherds. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. glaze painted IV, slipped (1220-1260), bowl. 1 rim. 2 bodysherds. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. protomaiolica, slipped (1260-1325), plate. 1 bodysherd. (saved to lot) .; Coarseware. stamnos. 8 rims. 4 handles. 35 bodysherds. (saved to lot) .matte painted; Fineware. veneto, bowl. 1 bodysherd. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. protomaiolica, slipped (1260-1325), bowl. 1 rim. 1 bodysherd. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. pre-Byzantine4 bodysherds. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. metallic ware, unslipped (1275-1335), bowl. 1 rim. 1 bodysherd. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. plain glazed, unslipped (800-1100), pitcher. 1 rim. 4 bodysherds. (saved to lot) .very glossy glaze; Fineware. pre-Roman7 bodysherds. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. luster, bowl. 1 rim. (saved to lot) .
Pottery Summary:		77 frag(s) 0.65 kg. (100% saved) fineware.
		356 frag(s) 4.45 kg. (100% saved) coarseware.
		128 frag(s) 1.35 kg. (100% saved) cooking ware.
Context Artifacts:		glass clear green, tubular ring foot, 1 (saved to lot); marble, white, egg and dart and bead and reel, 1 (saved to lot); bronze, wire, 1 (saved to lot); iron, nail, square shank, 1, head, 2, head with shank, 6 (saved to lot); glass clear colorless, rim, 1, bs, 4 (saved to lot); bronze, sheet, 3 (saved to lot); glass clear green, bs, 2 (saved to lot); glass clear colorless, jar, rim, 1 (saved to lot); glass clear green, prunted beaker, bs, 1 (saved to lot); glass clear amber, bs, 1 (saved to lot)
Period:		Frankish (1210-1458 AD)
Chronology:		late 13th/early 14th
Grid:		103.64-101.28E, 1058.73-1059.41N
XMin:		101.28
XMax:		103.64
YMin:		1058.73
YMax:		1059.41
Site:		Corinth
City:		Ancient Corinth
Country:		Greece
Masl:		84.41-85.74m.
References:		Image: digital 2014 0174 Coin: 2014 62