Corinth Basket Temple E, Southeast, context 1099

Collection:		Corinth
Type:		Basket
Name:		Temple E, Southeast, context 1099
Area:		Temple E, Southeast
Title:		Cement floor, east unpaved courtyard, unit 1
Category:		Deposit
Notebook:		1112
Context:		1099
Date:		2017/5/12
Lot:		Lot 2017-007
Stratum:		Fine to medium rounded pebbles (50%), sand (20%), rare ceramics (1%, 1-5cm) and tile (1%, 2-5cm).
Description:		Top slope of the context is slight down to the SW. The soil color is light brownish yellow. The soil compaction is weakly cemented. The soil is well sorted. It is coarse sand.
Notes:		A difference in soil compaction, as well as the lateral fracture of the upper layer from the lower layer are the primary indicators of a new context level. See 1096 notes for discussion of excavation goals in area. The boundaries of 1099 were defined by as follows: in the south, by the edges of the paved courtyard (though the floor can be observed continuing under paving stones); in the north, by the north wall; in east, by a scarp (it had been decided bisect the unpaved courtyard and excavate an area spanning 2m from the west scarp); and in the west, by the west edge of the scarp. Smoothed upper surface.
Context Pottery:		Cooking ware. triangular rim stew pot (1100-1270)1 rim. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. slipped plain glazed (1100-1300), bowl. 1 rim. 1 bodysherd. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. champs, bowl. 1 bodysherd. (saved to lot) .; Coarseware. matt painted, amphora. 4 bodysherds. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. veneto ware, bowl. 1 rim. (saved to lot) .sgraffito; Fineware. pre-roman3 bodysherds. (saved to lot) .; Coarseware. matt painted, pitcher. 1 rim. (saved to lot) .; Cooking ware. vertical rim stewpot (1270-1320)1 rim. (saved to lot) .; Coarseware. matt painted, basin. 2 rims. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. late sgraffito, plate. 1 rim. (saved to lot) .
Pottery Summary:		8 frag(s) 0.02 kg. (100% saved) fineware.
		83 frag(s) 0.56 kg. (100% saved) coarseware.
		12 frag(s) 0.08 kg. (100% saved) cooking ware.
Context Artifacts:		Bone, bos, 1; Glass, green, bs 2 (saved to lot); Glass, red, bs 1 (saved to lot); Bone, gallus, 4; Glass opaque dark red tessera 1 (L.0.005, W. 0.006, Th. 0.08) , similar in colour to MF-2012-1 (saved to lot); Bone, ovicaprid, 1; Glass opaque pale blue tessera 1 (L. 0.007, W. 0.007, Th. 0.008) (as tessera in contexts 1085 and 2001) (saved to lot)
Period:		Frankish (1210-1458 AD)
Chronology:		14th c. AD
Grid:		111.714-109.923E, 1039.866-1043.27N
XMin:		109.923
XMax:		111.714
YMin:		1039.866
YMax:		1043.27
Site:		Corinth
City:		Ancient Corinth
Country:		Greece
Masl:		85.347-85.369m.
References:		Coin: 2017 83