Corinth Basket South Stoa, context 60

Collection:		Corinth
Type:		Basket
Name:		South Stoa, context 60
Area:		South Stoa
Context Type:		deposit
Title:		Fill of EW Robbing Trench, 2nd level
Category:		Deposit
Notebook:		1109
Context:		60
Date:		2015/05/19
Lot:		Lot 2015-056
Stratum:		20% cobbles, broken tiles, small-large chunks of limestone, and a bit of carbon
Description:		Top slope of the context is even. The soil color is light yellowish brown. The soil compaction is compact. The soil is poorly sorted. It is silty sand.
Notes:		Characteristics: similar soil to 54, more bedrock than 43 and 54 We are opening this context to see if there is any change between the upper and lower fills of the robbing trench. No soil change occurred in closing 54, however the presence of bedrock suggests a possible change in this context. We are hoping to find a clear stratigraphic difference by segmenting this robbing trench into upper and lower layers. We are leaving a martyr at the E end because of the Late Roman wall that was once there, and a martyr on the W end because the cut of NS RT there is not possible to distinguish at this point. On the north side, there is a strip of soft dark soil against the bedrock cut. It is possible that this is part of the original foundation trench for the EW wall. We have therefore left a martyr against it and will remove it later, if it turns out to be a real stratum. We reached the top of a course of ashlar blocks like that at the bottom of 37. These extend below the martyr on the west side. May 20: In the SE corner, there is a fill of white cementy/limestone chunks and soft soil like what was found throughout context 37 in patches. It is possible that this means the soil in 37 was redposited from the original construction of the foundation.
Context Pottery:		Coarseware. Amphora. 1 handle. (saved to lot) .Stamped; Fineware. Hellenistic, conical bowl. 1 rim. (saved to lot) .; Cooking ware. Hellenistic, baking pan. 1 complete profile. (saved to lot) .dark grey burnt gunk; Fineware. Rom- Thinwalled ware, beaker. 1 bodysherd. (saved to lot) .thornware; Fineware. Rom- Local R.S., cup. 1 bodysherd. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. prehistoric4 bodysherds. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. Rom- Thinwalled ware, cup. 1 bodysherd. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. Hellenistic, aryballos. 2 bodysherds. (saved to lot) .blisterware; Fineware. Rom- ESA, plate. 1 rim. (saved to lot) .Atlante form 8 (1st c. AD); Cooking ware. Hellenistic, baking tray. 1 rim. (saved to lot) .; Coarseware. Corinthian B amphora. 1 rim. (saved to lot) .3rd century BC type; Fineware. Rom- ESA, cup. 1 rim. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. Hellenistic, mold made bowl. 4 bodysherds. (saved to lot) .unid; Fineware. Rom- Ital. sig., plate. 1 rim. (saved to lot) .hayes form 6; Fineware. mold made krater. 1 bodysherd. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. Hellenistic, trefoil mouth oinochoe. 1 rim. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. cyma kantharos. 1 rim. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. Rom- ESB1 bodysherd. (saved to lot) .; Coarseware. Amphoras- M. w. j.2 bodysherds. (saved to lot) .orange fabric; Coarseware. Hellenistic, lekane. 1 rim. (saved to lot) .; Cooking ware. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. Rom- ESA, bowl. 1 rim. (saved to lot) .Atlante form 22B (early 1st AD); Fineware. Hellenistic, rolled rim plate. 1 rim. (saved to lot) .; Cooking ware. Hellenistic, casserole. 1 rim. (saved to lot) .
Pottery Summary:		277 frag(s) 0.6 kg. (100% saved) fineware.
		409 frag(s) 4.4 kg. (100% saved) coarseware.
		255 frag(s) 1.2 kg. (100% saved) cooking ware.
Context Artifacts:		Bone, unid, 141 (saved to lot); wall plaster white 4 (saved to lot); Glass, clear colorless, cup rim 1 (saved to lot); Lamp, hellenistic, handle 1 (saved to lot); wall plaster, red, 2 (saved to lot); Shell, patella, 1 (saved to lot); Shell, land snail, 8 (saved to lot); Bone, unid, burnt, 1 (saved to lot); Lamp, type 27, discus 2 (saved to lot); obsidian, blade, 1 (saved to lot); shell, unid, 3 (saved to lot); tile, 4 (saved to lot); Glass, clear, blue, sim to cor. VII no. 634, base 1 (saved to lot); iron nail 3 (saved to lot); Carbon, 1 (saved to lot); Grey chert, flake 1 (saved to lot); glass, clear, colorless, bs, 3 (saved to lot); bronze lump 1 (saved to lot); shell, flesheater, 3 (saved to lot); glass, opaque, colorless, rim, 1 (saved to lot); pithos, bs, 2 (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:		330-326.2E, 1082.1-1084.6N
XMin:		326.2
XMax:		330
YMin:		1082.1
YMax:		1084.6
Site:		Corinth
City:		Ancient Corinth
Country:		Greece
Masl:		81.1-81.17m.
References:		Object: C 2015 5 Coin: 2015 241 Coin: 2015 242