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Old Corinth: Julian Basilica

PK	C909
TITLE	Old Corinth: Julian Basilica
WGS84	37.905464° N, 22.881327° E
Accuracy	Exact

LAT/LON	37.905464, 22.881327
LON/LAT	22.881327, 37.905464

DMS

37° 54' 19.6704" N

22° 52' 52.7772" E

W3W	shallower, brownie, incisions
UTM	34 S, 665395, 4196995
EGSA87	401507, 4195628

Elevation m	85
Elevation feet	278.9
Region	Corinthia

GENERAL SITE TYPE Pottery

TYPE

1.    Pottery.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 62    ' ..., including a 'Chariot Krater' (a single fine sherd is published by J. L. Benson ... '
2.    Pottery.   Ålin [1962], 55    ' ..., eine Grube mit mehreren Skyphoi, einigen davon im Metopenstil, sowie Kannen, Bügelkannen und bes. einem grossen, amphoroiden Krater mit einer Wagenszene.'
3.    Pottery.   Morgan [1999], 470    'LH IIIB/C group of vases from fill on the bottom of a Byzantine pit ... ', ' ... and a large pictorial krater: ... '
4.    Pottery.   Steinberg [1949], 148    From this fill, the first Mycenaean deposit to be found within the main area of the city of Corinth, has come a considerable amount and variety of Mycenaean pottery of thirteenth century type.
5.    Pottery.   Simpson [1981], 33    'Later excavations behind the Julian basilica ... revealed good quality LH IIIB pottery ...'
6.    Sherds.   Benson [1970], 116    'sherd of Mycenaean krater (C-38-334; ... ) ... '
7.    Sherds.   Morgan [1999], 470    'The group includes LH IIIB sherds ... '

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    Steinberg [1949]: 148, ...of Mycenaean pottery of thirteenth century type...
    b.    Benson [1970]: 116, ' ... Mycenaean krater ... '

2. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 34, 'Later excavations behind the Julian basilica ... revealed good quality LH IIIB pottery, ... '
    b.    Ålin [1962]: 55, ' ... und stammt aus IIIB.'
    c.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 62, ' ... until LH IIIB, best represented by a small deposit behind the Julian Basilica, ... '
    d.    Morgan [1999]: 470, 'LH IIIB/C group of vases from fill on the bottom of a Byzantine pit ... '

3. LH IIIC: (1190 BC - 1060 BC)
    a.    Morgan [1999]: 470, 'LH IIIB/C group of vases from fill on the bottom of a Byzantine pit ... '

NOTES

1. Benson [1970] publishes the krater fragment in Plate XLI:7.

2. A detailed floor plan of the Julian Basilica may be found here.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Ålin [1962]: Ålin, Per. Das Ende der mykenischen Fundstätten auf dem griechischen Festland. Carl Bloms Boktryckeri A.-B., Lund, 1962., 'Alt-Korinth', pg. 55.

2. Benson [1970]: Benson, J.L.. Horse, Bird and Man; The Origins of Greek Painting. The University of Massachusetts Press, Amherst. 1970., 'Corinth', pg. 116.

3. Morgan [1999]: Morgan, Catherine. Isthmia VIII; The Late Bronze Age Settlement and Early Iron Age Sanctuary . The American School of Classical Studies at Athens, Princeton, New Jersey, '11 Ancient Corinth; 5) Julian Basilica', pg. 470.

4. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'A 54 Ancient Corinth', pg. 33. Online here.

5. Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: Simpson, Richard Hope and O.T.P.K. Dickinson. A Gazetteer of Aegean Civilization in the Bronze Age, Vol. I: The Mainland and the Islands. Paul Åströms Förlag, Goteborg. 1979., 'A 52 Ancient Corinth', pg. 61. Online here.

6. Steinberg [1949]: Steinberg, Saul S.. ‘Investigations at Corinth, 1947-1948’, Hesperia (18), pp. 148-157. 1949., '', pg. 148. Online here.