Corinth Basket South Stoa, context 148

Collection:		Corinth
Type:		Basket
Name:		South Stoa, context 148
Area:		South Stoa
Context Type:		deposit
Title:		Fill of RT of wall 38 west of the wall
Category:		Deposit
Notebook:		1109
Context:		148
Date:		2015/05/28
Lot:		Lot 2015-056
Stratum:		30% medium-coarse pebbles, 20% fine pebbles
Description:		Top slope of the context is slight down to the N. The soil color is light brownish brown. The soil compaction is loose. The soil is poorly sorted. It is silty sand.
Notes:		This context was opened in order to excavate the fill of the posible Roman robbing trench west of wall 38. There is clear cut within a floor surface to the west, and it is likely that this robbing trench cuts the surface. This cut is delineated by loose soil. We are excavating the fill down to the foundation course level of wall 38 unless there is a significant soil change. However, we suspect this is the rest of the fill filled in at the same time as context 37. We are coming down on what appears to be the same sort of foundation trench found along the south side of wall 44 in the SE quadrant and to the east of wall 38. This change is delineated not only by the foundation course but also by compacted soil. We now have a long narrow cut for the foundation trench of wall 38 between the west side of the wal on the north side and bedrock it likely continues to the north under the scarp. It appears wider around the square block like on the SE. We will close the context at this point and we will excavate more of the fill to the west in order to expose the cut.
Context Pottery:		Fineware. Rom- Thinwalled ware, cup. 1 bodysherd. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. One handled cup. 1 complete profile. (saved to lot) .; Cooking ware. krater. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. Geometric, table amphora. 1 bodysherd. (saved to lot) .; Cooking ware. stewpot. 1 handle. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. miniature cup. 1 rim. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. mold made bowl. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. pyxis base. 1 complete profile. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. Rom- Thinwalled ware, mug. 1 bodysherd. (saved to lot) .local imitation; Fineware. Rom- ESB, dish. 1 bodysherd. (saved to lot) .; Cooking ware. bowl. 1 bodysherd. (saved to lot) .coarse fabric; Fineware. one handled cup. 1 complete profile. (saved to lot) .miniature; Coarseware. (saved to lot) .
Pottery Summary:		128 frag(s) 0.55 kg. (100% saved) fineware.
		81 frag(s) 0.8 kg. (100% saved) coarseware.
		110 frag(s) 0.4 kg. (100% saved) cooking ware.
Context Artifacts:		lead, lump, 1 (saved to lot); bone unid 16 = 0.05kg (saved to lot); lamp, type XXVII, handle, 1 (saved to lot); Lamp, type XVI, nozzle, 1 (saved to lot); Bronze, lump, 2 (saved to lot); bone, unidentified, 36 (saved to lot); Glass, clear, rim, 1 (saved to lot); bronze tack 1 (saved to lot); Glass, clear, green, folded base, 1 (saved to lot); bronze earring 1 (saved to lot); Wall plaster, Hellenistic, 1 (saved to lot); wall plaster, Roman, white, 1 (saved to lot); Iron, tack, 1 (saved to lot); iron, lump, 1 (saved to lot); Iron, nail, 2 (saved to lot)
Period:		Early Roman (44BC-1/2 2nd c AD)
Chronology:		late 1st-early 2nd c. AD
Grid:		325.1-324.2E, 1082.9-1084.6N
XMin:		324.2
XMax:		325.1
YMin:		1082.9
YMax:		1084.6
Site:		Corinth
City:		Ancient Corinth
Country:		Greece
Masl:		81.06-81.39m.
References:		Coin: 2015 411