Corinth Basket Temple E, Southeast, context 159

Collection:		Corinth
Type:		Basket
Name:		Temple E, Southeast, context 159
Area:		Temple E, Southeast
Context Type:		cut
Title:		Cut of Pit, Room 8
Notebook:		1108
Context:		159
Date:		2014/04/24
Description:		The context shape in plan is oval. The top break of the cut is sharp. The sides of the cut are mixed. The break at the base of the cut is gradual. The base of the cut is concave. Truncation: N/A.
Notes:		Context 159 was the cut of a pit in the N-central part of Room 8, Unit II. The fill of the pit is Context 162. Originally it was interpreted as a depression into which the floor surface preserved in the S part of the room had sunk as a result of settling into a pit below. The pit is a fairly large and regular oval shape with steep vertical to slightly concave walls and rounded bottom. This depression seems to have initially been discovered in NB 877 B113, and NB 877 B114 was directly laid over Context 162. Here, they recorded that the depression was covered by tile fall and debris associated with a destruction. The pit therefore was cut into an abraded floor (Context 153) in Room 8 prior to the destruction of the room. A lower clay surface also cut through by the pit is visible in the N and E sides of the cut.
Site:		Corinth
City:		Ancient Corinth
Country:		Greece
Masl:		84.33-84.92m.
References:		Image: digital 2014 0182