Corinth Basket Nezi Field, context 208

Collection:		Corinth
Type:		Basket
Name:		Nezi Field, context 208
Area:		Nezi Field
Title:		Fill of Interior of apse building
Category:		Deposit
Notebook:		1100
Context:		208
Page:		0
Date:		2007/06/05
Stratum:		Inclusions: 40% medium sized cobbles, 10% small pebbles
Description:		Top slope of the context is level. Bottom slope of the context is level down to the The soil color is light brownish white. The soil compaction is firm. The soil is poorly sorted. It is sandy clay.
Notes:		B 208 is the excavation of a possible bothros that is just north of the pit whose cut equals B 71. It seems to have run under or just south of the N-S wall which curves at its northern extent. The cobbles of B 206 sat on top of it. The cut of this bothros seems clear but I am uncertain of the relationship it has to the pit directly south of it. More stones from the curving apse have been exposed by the digging of the bothros. It now seems that the pit runs under the soil to the south so we will have to take out the patch between the pit (B 71) and this pit in order to continue and follow the cut. Moreover, it is now clear that what we were digging is the INTERIOR of the curve of the apse and NOT a pit cut. Since the soil in this basket slopes extensively to the south, I am not certain if it actually is a surface inside the building. Finds: bone, pottery, coins, button Post excavation notes: After completing the final week of excavation, we realized that we excavated a number of baskets out of order. B 206 turned out to be part of the apse of the wall. All the baskets excavating the wall and its foundation and cuts should have been excavated before we dug the material in the interior of the building (B 204, 208, and 209). We did not realize this at the time but now understand that what we thought was a pit was the interior of the apse.
Context Pottery:		Fineware. Hellenistic, bowl. 1 rim. ; Fineware. ww plain (700-1120), chafing dish. 1 bodysherd. ; Coarseware. mid byzantine, stamnos/pitcher. 15 handles. ; Cooking ware. triangular rim stew pot (1100-1270)6 rims. ; Coarseware. basin with wave pattern1 rim. ; Fineware. plain glazed, unslipped (800-1100), chafing dish. 1 handle. 4 bodysherds. ; Fineware. metallic ware, unslipped (1275-1335), pitcher. 1 bodysherd. ; Cooking ware. basin. 7 rims. ; Cooking ware. collar rim stew pot (1000-1100)8 rims. ; Fineware. ww polychrome (1050-1120), cup. 1 rim. ; Coarseware. plain, basin. 5 rims. ; Fineware. plain glazed, unslipped (800-1100), unid. 2 rims. 1 handle. 3 bodysherds. ; Fineware. pre-medieval40 bodysherds. ; Coarseware. mid byzantine, amphora. 1 rim. 16 handles. ; Cooking ware. ww, kettle. ; Fineware. ww plain (700-1120), plate. 1 rim. 3 bodysherds. ; Coarseware. matte painted, stamnos. 6 bodysherds. ; Fineware. ww painted (700-1120)1 rim.
Pottery Summary:		60 frag(s) 0.38 kg. (100% saved) fineware.
		1312 frag(s) 18.22 kg. (100% saved) coarseware.
		263 frag(s) 4.48 kg. (100% saved) cooking ware.
Context Artifacts:		bone button diam. 0.024 1 (similar to MF4340 and 7006); bone ovis mandible 4 molar 13; lid cut from amphora 1; slate 2; bone unid ca 200; bone sus maxilla 1; iron nail 2; tesserae green glass 2 other 1; glass hellenistic 1; iron nail shafts 3; iron strips 2; bone canis mandible 1 maxilla 1; rosso antico 1; shell murex 2; shell lima 1; waster 1; shell other 1; bronze lump 1; glass green 3
Period:		Late Byzantine (1059-1210 AD)
Chronology:		ca 1100 w/ tiny Frankish contamination
Grid:		268.54-266.9E, 1007.91-1008.86N
XMin:		266.9
XMax:		268.54
YMin:		1007.91
YMax:		1008.86
Site:		Corinth
City:		Ancient Corinth
Country:		Greece
Masl:		86.56-87.13m.
Is Below:		206
References:		Report: Nezi Field 2007 by Lina Kokkinou and Angela Ziskowski (2007-05-21 to 2007-06-09) Object: C 2007 38 Coin: 2007 456 Coin: 2007 457