| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Basket | |
| Name: | Nezi Field, context 5230 | |
| Area: | Nezi Field | |
| Context Type: | Fill | |
| Title: | fill- part of the 1961 martyr | |
| Category: | Deposit | |
| Notebook: | 1101 | |
| Context: | 5230 | |
| Page: | 0 | |
| Date: | 2008/04/14 | |
| Lot: | Lot 2008-072 | |
| Stratum: | 15% fine to medium pebbles, bone, tile, ceramics | |
| Description: | Top slope of the context is level. The soil color is dark brownish brown. The soil compaction is firm. The soil is poorly sorted. It is sandy silt. | |
| Notes: | This layer exists for a meter length at the south end of the martyr. The top of this layer was at roughly the same elevation as the red layer, which covered the rest of the martyr, however, it is seperated from the red layer by a small east-west channel of black soil (no context number) interpreted as root intrusion. Underneath this layer was a small deposit of reddish soil, which we initially thought to be the same as the reddish soil that prevails to the north (5233), but later decided that it was a distinct deposit (5231). Additionally, the northern-most point of this layer overlies the southern-most point of the blue layer, which has been revealed under the red layer (context 5233). The reason for this distinct deposit at the south end of the martyr is unclear because the area being excavated is only ca. 1.000 X .0.30m. We lack context for our interpretation. Refer to context 5191 for excavation of martyr from 1961 excavation. | |
| Context Pottery: | Coarseware. pitcher5 bodysherds. ; Cooking ware. triangular rim stew pot (1100-1270)1 rim. ; Coarseware. basin1 complete profile. ; Coarseware. pitcher1 rim. ; Coarseware. amphora4 bodysherds. | |
| Pottery Summary: | 23 frag(s) 1.18 kg. (100% saved) coarseware. | |
| 4 frag(s) 0.04 kg. (100% saved) cooking ware. | ||
| Context Artifacts: | Bone- of Mammalia, sm (Mammal - Small) - 1 example(s).; Bone- distal ephiphysis humerus of C. hircus (Goat) - 1 example(s).; Bone- fragment rib of Equus asinus (Burro) - 1 example(s).; Bone- fragment rib of Mammalia, md (Mammal - Medium) - 3 example(s).; Bone- maxilla (cranial) tooth, molar of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 1 example(s).; Bone- most (nearly complete) metatarsal of Sus scrofa (Wild Boar or Domestic Pig) - 1 example(s).; Bone- most (nearly complete) vertebrae, lumbar of Mammalia, md (Mammal - Medium) - 2 example(s).; Bone- proximal+shaft metacarpal of C. hircus (Goat) - 1 example(s).; Bone- shaft, distal humerus of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 1 example(s).; Bone- shaft, distal radius of Sus scrofa (Wild Boar or Domestic Pig) - 1 example(s).; Bone- shaft, frag humerus of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 1 example(s).; Bone- shaft, frag limb bone, undiff. of Mammalia, md (Mammal - Medium) - 1 example(s). | |
| Period: | Late Byzantine (1059-1210 AD) | |
| Chronology: | 12th c. NPD | |
| Grid: | 271.93-271.56E, 1030.69-1031.92N | |
| XMin: | 271.56 | |
| XMax: | 271.93 | |
| YMin: | 1030.69 | |
| YMax: | 1031.92 | |
| Site: | Corinth | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| Masl: | 84.85-85.07m. | |
| References: | Report: Nezi Field 2008 by Jody Cundy and Megan Thompsen (2008-04-07 to 2008-06-13) Report: Nezi Field 2008 by Josh Gieske, Laurie Kilker (2008-04-07 to 2008-04-24) |