Corinth Basket: South Stoa, context 397
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Basket
Name:   South Stoa, context 397
Area:   South Stoa
Title:   Rocky Layer of Soil in East Half of Trench
Category:   Deposit
Notebook:   1110
Context:   397
Date:   2016/04/15
Lot:   NB1110 B397
Stratum:   medium and small rocks, lots of potsherds
Description:   Top slope of the context is level. The soil color is dark brownish brown. The soil compaction is soft. The soil is moderately sorted. It is clayey silt.
Notes:   we excavated this context next after 393 as it lay under 393 and over another layer of which part was visible to the west of 397.
upon removal of 397 costas uncovered 4, maybe 5 new contexts (see the notes to context 404).
Based on pottery, 393 and 397 are equal.
Context Pottery:   Fineware. EH red slipped, bowl. 1 rim. (saved to lot) .with flat rim; Fineware. LN greyware2 rims. 4 bodysherds. (saved to lot) .1 rim with mending hole; Fineware. EH red slipped, bowl. 4 rims. (saved to lot) .with in-curving rim; Fineware. EH coarse, bowl. 1 rim. (saved to lot) .with pie crust; Fineware. LN black burnished1 bodysherd. (saved to lot) .with incision; Fineware. EH black slipped, bowl. 2 rims. (saved to lot) .with flat rim; Fineware. EH red slipped32 bodysherds. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. EH black slipped17 bodysherds. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. EH cream slipped16 bodysherds. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. EH black slipped, bowl. (saved to lot) .with in-curving rim; Fineware. LN Matt-painted1 bodysherd. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. LN greyware, fruitstand bowl. 1 rim. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. EH red slipped, jar. 1 rim. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. EH coarse, bowl. 4 rims. (saved to lot) .with flat rim; Fineware. LN greyware, bowl. 1 rim. (saved to lot) .carinated; Fineware. EH coarse, bowl. (saved to lot) .joining? Context 393; Fineware. LN black burnished2 rims. 1 bodysherd. (saved to lot) .
Pottery Summary:   96 frag(s) 0.86 kg. (100% saved) fineware.
    176 frag(s) 1.09 kg. (100% saved) coarseware.
Context Artifacts:   bone unidentified 11, tooth 2 (saved to lot); chert, local red 1 (saved to lot); obsidian 1 (saved to lot); whetstone 3 (saved to lot); shell 4 (saved to lot)
Period:   Early Helladic
Chronology:   EHIII
Grid:   350.35-347.7E, 1085.8-1088.2N
XMin:   347.7
XMax:   350.35
YMin:   1085.8
YMax:   1088.2
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
Masl:   80.79-80.89m.
References:   Image: digital 2016 0200
Image: digital 2016 0204