Corinth Basket Temple E, Southeast, context 65

Collection:		Corinth
Type:		Basket
Name:		Temple E, Southeast, context 65
Area:		Temple E, Southeast
Title:		Foundation trench for wall 51
Notebook:		1108
Context:		65
Date:		2014/04/11
Description:		The context shape in plan is rectangular. The top break of the cut is sharp. The sides of the cut are stepped. The break at the base of the cut is sharp. Truncation: Truncated on the N and S by modern pits which were previously excavated; also on the E which is not fully preserved.
Notes:		This is the cut for the foundation trench of Wall 51 or at least it seems so at this point. While excavating it was decided there was a cut which separated the road surfaces in the west and the fill which lays againt the wall. This foundation trench is on the west face of the wall. It is clear that it cuts the current road surface (no context # at this time) but the relationship between the cut and previous road surfaces is more diffuse. It seems that the cut was made through Deposit 36, as well as previous road surfaces excavated in 1995 (NB 839) and earlier roads below. Currently the west edge of the cut is stepped. At a lower level, the change from the 1st fill to the 2nd fill is another earlier road surface which is visible. Therefore it looks like two cuts; the lower for the foundation of the wall and the upper ffrom a later period. The workmen believe the later was an excavation cut and backfill, but current understanding of the notebooks suggest otherwise. When the wall was 1st revealed in 1995 (NB 839, B.37) the closing elevation is 0.03m above the opening for the first fill (Deposit 57) suggesteing that the wall was revealed and then left alone. The road surface to the west at that time was about 0.5m above the revealed wall. Therefore, it seems that the once the wall was exposed a narrow strip between the walla nd road was left and therefore the two cuts may be closer in date. Upon further reflection we believe that it is more likely that the cut for the foundation trench may only be at the lower level and that the higher 'cut' may acutally be the separation of road surfaces due to the water dripping down from the roof over Room A. Later notes 21/4/14 SMK: It is also possible that the cut is the result of wall chasing in earlier excavations that are not recorded in the notebooks. Later notes [27-4-14] JLL: Deposit 60 revealed a layer of stones that seem to be filling the bottom of the cut. These remain unexcavated so the bottom of the cut is unknown.
Period:		Frankish (1210-1458 AD)
Grid:		99.5-98.51E, 1068.76-1070.23N
XMin:		98.51
XMax:		99.5
YMin:		1068.76
YMax:		1070.23
Site:		Corinth
City:		Ancient Corinth
Country:		Greece
Masl:		85.49-86.22m.