Corinth Basket South Stoa, context 179

Collection:		Corinth
Type:		Basket
Name:		South Stoa, context 179
Area:		South Stoa
Context Type:		Deposit
Title:		Pit Along E Wall in NE Quadrant
Category:		Deposit
Notebook:		1109
Context:		179
Date:		2015/05/29
Lot:		Lot 2015-066
Stratum:		20% small-medium pebbles - rounded angular
Description:		Top slope of the context is level. The soil color is light brownish brown. The soil compaction is loose. The soil is poorly sorted. It is silty sand.
Notes:		Soil has different inclusions than 175. This context was revealed by the excavation of the putative FT 175 for the N. and of the E. wall of Room C. It contained a large fragment of a pitcher base and some white ashy soil. The removal of this context revealed that it was in a bedrock cut pit (185).
Context Pottery:		Fineware. saucer. 2 rims. ; Fineware. one-piece kantharos. 1 bodysherd. ; Cooking ware. Roman, round mouth pitcher. 1 bodysherd. ring base; Coarseware. Corinthian A, amphora. 1 bodysherd.
Pottery Summary:		7 frag(s) 0.05 kg. (100% saved) fineware.
		18 frag(s) 1 kg. (100% saved) coarseware.
		2 frag(s) 0.01 kg. (100% saved) cooking ware.
Context Artifacts:		iron, nail, 1; Seed, olive pit, 1
Period:		Early Roman (44BC-1/2 2nd c AD)
Chronology:		1st-1st
Grid:		329.6-329E, 1085.2-1086.1N
XMin:		329
XMax:		329.6
YMin:		1085.2
YMax:		1086.1
Site:		Corinth
City:		Ancient Corinth
Country:		Greece
Masl:		81.07-81.39m.
References:		Coin: 2015 423