Corinth Basket: Temple E, Southeast, context 948
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Basket
Name:   Temple E, Southeast, context 948
Area:   Temple E, Southeast
Context Type:   deposit
Title:   Foundation Deposit for Altar Base
Category:   Deposit
Notebook:   1110
Context:   948
Date:   2016/05/11
Stratum:   Soil included pottery, fine and medium pebbles, and glass.
Description:   Top slope of the context is level. The soil color is dark yellowish brown. The soil compaction is firm. The soil is moderately sorted. It is silty clay.
Notes:   The foundation trench for the altar base cuts the depost context around the base, so it was excavated before the level coulbe be taken down further between the nave and the apse.
Coin 140 found on S side of the trench at N1071.7 E 129.65 H 85.403
Coin 141 found at NE corner of the trench at N 1072.85 E 129.8 H 85.237
Animal bone found put with thrown pottery.
Context Pottery:   Fineware. white ware plain, mug. 1 handle. ; Fineware. preroman9 bodysherds. ; Fineware. Roman9 bodysherds.
Pottery Summary:   20 frag(s) 0.1 kg. (0% saved) fineware.
    235 frag(s) 1.76 kg. (0% saved) coarseware.
    51 frag(s) 0.32 kg. (0% saved) cooking ware.
Context Artifacts:   glass clear greenish bs 2; glass clear bluish bs 3; glass clear colorless bs 2
Period:   Middle Byzantine (802-1058 AD)
Grid:   130.2-128.9E, 1071.6-1073N
XMin:   128.9
XMax:   130.2
YMin:   1071.6
YMax:   1073
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
Masl:   85.241-85.51m.
References:   Image: digital 2016 0358
Image: digital 2016 0362
Image: digital 2016 0371
Coin: 2016 140
Coin: 2016 141