Collection: | Corinth | |
Type: | Basket | |
Name: | Temple E, Southeast, context 706 | |
Area: | Temple E, Southeast | |
Title: | Foundation trench for N. Wall (700) | |
Category: | Deposit | |
Notebook: | 1109 | |
Context: | 706 | |
Date: | 2015/05/09 | |
Lot: | Lot 2015-005 | |
Stratum: | 45% inclusions with medium, angular, tabular pebbles, fine, angular, platy pebbles, medium, angular tile pieces, vone, and fine sub-rounded pebbles. | |
Description: | Top slope of the context is slight down to the W. The soil color is dark reddish brown. The soil compaction is firm. The soil is poorly sorted. It is clayey sand. | |
Notes: | Coin 111: E. 128.12; N. 1086.16; H. 84.56: Villehardouin CORINTVM Coin 112: E. 127.64; N. 1086.19; H. 84.59: Villehardouin CORINTVM Coin 113 (from sieve): Villehardouin CORINTVM 706 is the foundation trench of the N. wall of the room (wall 700). Its bottom has a moderate slope down to the west. The foundation trench cuts the pebbly surface that covers the eastern half of the room, as does the foundation trench for the E wall - 659 (context 672). 706 goes deeper than 672 and had three coins in it. The date of the coins is Frankish, all 1250-1278. 3/06/2015 (L. Kennedy, R. Valente) Animal bones: bovid, sheep/goat, oyster, 1.11 kg, all thrown. | |
Context Pottery: | Fineware. 11th century1 bodysherd. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. slip and glaze painted, bowl. 1 bodysherd. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. other 13th century24 bodysherds. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. 12th century4 bodysherds. (saved to lot) .; Coarseware. matt painted, pitcher. 2 rims. 5 handles. 6 bodysherds. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. glaze painted IV, slipped (1220-1260), bowl. 1 rim. 6 bodysherds. (saved to lot) . | |
Pottery Summary: | 41 frag(s) 0.22 kg. (90% saved) fineware. | |
218 frag(s) 1.55 kg. (6% saved) coarseware. | ||
54 frag(s) 0.66 kg. (0% saved) cooking ware. | ||
Context Artifacts: | chert 1; iron head and square shaft 1, square shaft 2, nail head 1, round shaft 1; iron lump 1; glass mold or crucible 1 | |
Period: | Frankish (1210-1458 AD) | |
Chronology: | Fourth quarter of the 13th century | |
Grid: | 131.05-126.85E, 1085.75-1086.7N | |
XMin: | 126.85 | |
XMax: | 131.05 | |
YMin: | 1085.75 | |
YMax: | 1086.7 | |
Site: | Corinth | |
City: | Ancient Corinth | |
Country: | Greece | |
Masl: | 84.56-84.88m. | |
References: | Image: digital 2015 0606 Image: digital 2015 0613 Coin: 2015 111 Coin: 2015 112 Coin: 2015 113 |