| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Basket | |
| Name: | Nezi Field, context 5297 | |
| Area: | Nezi Field | |
| Context Type: | Fill | |
| Title: | 1960s Excavation Backfill | |
| Category: | Deposit | |
| Notebook: | 1101 | |
| Context: | 5297 | |
| Page: | 0 | |
| Date: | 2008/04/18 | |
| Stratum: | Inclusions are pottery and tile. Stones are angular platy cobbles and medium subrounded and rounded spherical pebbles. Also some round tabular boulders. 25% | |
| Description: | Top slope of the context is slight down to the NW. The soil color is dark reddish brown. The soil compaction is loose. The soil is poorly sorted. It is silty sand. | |
| Notes: | We are excavating a pit north of Wall 5216. The soil of this deposit is considerably darker than its surronding soil, which is more clayey to the east and harder and more compact to the west. The soft soil appears to overlie the deposit of harder soil and claylike dirt. We have found a piece of bronze that may be a coin, but its roundness is flawed. We are turning up many corroded pieces of bronze and iron slag. We follow the soft soil to the corner of Walls 5216 and 5218, to the southeast. We are coming down to a harder layer, which stretches E-W along Wall 5216. We have found a limestome architectural feature next to the claylike patch, on its west side. It may have plaster on it. Now, the soft soil seems to go under the harder soil surrounding it. We stop here. Revised Interpretations: After the context has been dug, it can be seen that this was a lens of fill and most likely does not fill a cut. The metal identified as slag may be road metal. | |
| Context Pottery: | Fineware. pre late roman51 bodysherds. ; Fineware. pre late roman51 bodysherds. ; Cooking ware. as Hesp 94 lot 1995-65 #5, stewpot. 1 rim. (saved to lot) .; Coarseware. Palestinian, amphora. 1 handle. | |
| Pottery Summary: | 51 frag(s) 0.14 kg. (2% saved) fineware. | |
| 155 frag(s) 1.5 kg. (0% saved) coarseware. | ||
| 43 frag(s) 0.19 kg. (0% saved) cooking ware. | ||
| Context Artifacts: | glass green BS 2; lamps type 27 shoulders 3; plaster red 2; bronze and iron road metal 10; poros limestone molding corner with plaster H 0.19m, fascia (H 0.10m) cyma reversa (H 0.06m); shell cardia 1; glass slag 1; bronze scraps 7; revetment slate 1 schisty marble 1 | |
| Period: | Late Roman (5th -6th c AD) | |
| Chronology: | 600 +/- 25 | |
| Grid: | 264.88-263.69E, 1024.22-1025.64N | |
| XMin: | 263.69 | |
| XMax: | 264.88 | |
| YMin: | 1024.22 | |
| YMax: | 1025.64 | |
| Site: | Corinth | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| Masl: | 84.95-85.3m. | |
| References: | Report: Nezi Field 2008 by Jody Cundy and Megan Thompsen (2008-04-07 to 2008-06-13) Report: Nezi Field 2008 by Matthew J. Baumann and Nathanael J. Andrade (2008-04-07 to 2008-04-23) Coin: 2008 68 |
|
Show All Results (6,481) Publications (33) Reports (37) Places and Monuments (15) Plans and Drawings (176) Images (3,109) Objects (421) Classifications Sign in Provide feedback |
|