| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Basket | |
| Name: | Nezi Field, context 5428 | |
| Area: | Nezi Field | |
| Context Type: | Fill | |
| Title: | Fill N of Wall 58 and S of E-W Wall | |
| Category: | Deposit | |
| Notebook: | 1101 | |
| Context: | 5428 | |
| Page: | 0 | |
| Date: | 2008/05/09 | |
| Stratum: | 30% incl: mixed cobbles, pottery, roof tiles, marl | |
| Description: | Top slope of the context is slight down to the N. The soil color is light yellowish brown. The soil compaction is soft. The soil is poorly sorted. It is sandy silt. | |
| Notes: | We excavated the area under 5357 which abuts wall 58. The goal is to bring this deposit down to the surface with the flat lying roof tiles to the W (5362). 5428 has the randomly lying roof tiles and the poor sorting of debris fill. At the perimeter of context 5428 there is a plaster stain. The plaster stain is less than a cm thick and 2 cm wide. This plaster stain appears to be the remnants of a wall or floor destruction. Thanasis does not think this context is related to any of the surrounding contexts, namely the pebble and roof tile surface that is N of the E-W wall and most visible at 266 E. After consulting with Alicia Carter and Guy Sanders, it was suggested that this context is fill and continued west into the area excavated in the first session. So included in 5428 to the W is the fill below 5325 that abuts the wall. As we excavate to the W (W of 264 E, 1040 N) we continue to find wall plaster wall chunks (when possible, we checked their orientation to see if there was any consistency in how they lie on the soil perhaps indicating wall fall or floor surface: the flat surfaces of the wall plaster had random orientation. At the bottom of 5428 at 265 E/1039.5, there appears to be degraded mudbrick which is currently nothing more than Reddish orange stain. In the same location as the degraded mudbrick, there is also evidence of burning identifiable and due to a mix of grey ash. Also, the mudbrick could simply be a locus where there was burning at a high enough temperature to cause a color change. Third possibility is the reddish patch may be crushed roof tile. The excavation continued to the W and at 1040 N/263 E a sereis of large, flat lying roof tiles were uncoevered. Unlike previous roof tile levels (5283), these tiles are less fragmented (they have larger dimensions than those of this context) and are overlapping each other in 5428. Also, around these roof tiles in 5428 there is evidence of ash and charcoal is not distinct enough to require a context change (see below). In the southern limit of context 5428 against the N face of and under Wall 58, there appears a second wall which starts where 58 meets the N-S Wall at 262.20/1039.10. This wall under Wall 58 continues E at a slightly different orientation than Wall 58. It appears to stop at 265.10. The N section of 5428 which abuts the E-W partition wall, was excavated so as to leave a skin baulk in order to keep the wall consolidated. When it was decided that the overlapping roof tiles were indeed part of the debris fill of 5428, these were removed also with the soil underneath. This exposed a circular ash fill (5367, cut 5470). Around the central pit which has been present since the beginning of the excavation season, we uncovered a larger circular cut that encircles the previous cut. This cut is still a mystery. James Herbst suggests that it might define the original cut of the well. When the well was filled in there can be pockets formed by debris and when this debris collapses over time, it created a kind of sink hole or depression. James forwards that it is possible the excavators in the 1960s saw this depression on the surface and dug into it creating a circular baulk. It is possible that we have now found the surface in which the large circular put was originally dug into. Around the large, central pit we unearthed a very hard surface that created a sharp boundary with the fill of 5428. This hard surface has been cut by three features: 1) the aforementioned central pit with its new cut exposed under 5428, 2) a small ash pit (5367), and a larger pit (5480) (although this was not understood to be a pit until after the removal 5469). | |
| Context Pottery: | Fineware. fine incised, slipped style V (1170-1200), dish. 1 rim. (saved to lot) .; Cooking ware. triangular rim stew pot (1100-1270), stewpot. 1 rim. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. plain glazed, unslipped (800-1100), chafing dish. 2 bodysherds. (saved to lot) .; Cooking ware. triangular rim stew pot (1100-1270), stewpot. 1 rim. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. premedieval62 bodysherds. ; Coarseware. pitcher with triangular rim, pitcher. 1 rim. 1 handle. 4 bodysherds. ; Coarseware. amphora. 1 handle. 2 bodysherds. ; Fineware. ww plain (700-1120), dish. 1 rim. 2 bodysherds. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. slipped plain glazed (1100-1300), bowl. 1 rim. (saved to lot) .; Cooking ware. collar rim stew pot (1000-1100), stewpot. 5 rims. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. ww plain (700-1120), dish. 1 bodysherd. ; Fineware. ww plain (700-1120), lid. 1 bodysherd. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. plain glazed, unslipped (800-1100), pitcher. 1 bodysherd. ; Fineware. ww slipped (700-1120), dish. (saved to lot) .; Cooking ware. micaceous stewpot, stewpot. 2 rims. 1 bodysherd. (saved to lot) .; Coarseware. amphora Byzantine, amphora. 9 handles. 90 bodysherds. ; Fineware. ww slipped (700-1120), lid. 1 rim. (saved to lot) .; Coarseware. triangular rim amphora (1100-1260), amphora. 1 rim. ; Fineware. ww plain (700-1120), mug. 2 bodysherds. (saved to lot) . | |
| Pottery Summary: | 90 frag(s) 0.75 kg. (19% saved) fineware. | |
| 751 frag(s) 13.55 kg. (0% saved) coarseware. | ||
| 161 frag(s) 1.6 kg. (6% saved) cooking ware. | ||
| Context Artifacts: | Glass, clear, blue, Rim 1; Glass, clear, yellow, 3 ridged (2 grooves) handle, Preserved Ht: 9.8 cm; Glass, clear, colorless, BS 2; Glass, opaque, blue, rim 2; plaster black 1; Glass, clear, blue BS 2; Glass, clear, yellow, BS 5; beach sherd; marble revetment gray, 1; Glass, clear, green Rim 1; lamp type 16, nozzle, 1; Glass, clear, green, base 1; Glass, clear, green BS 2; Glass, clear, blue, applied thread, Base 1; Glass, clear, blue, applied thread in spiral, base 1; Glass, clear, blue, base 1; wall plaster red 1 backing 15; Glass, opaque, blue, handle 1; lamp, attic glaze, nozzle 1, handle 1, base 1; shell, murex 1; Bone- complete metatarsal of Ovis aries (Sheep - Domestic) - 1 example(s).; Bone- complete phalanx, 1st of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 1 example(s).; Bone- complete phalanx, 1st of Sus scrofa (Wild Boar or Domestic Pig) - 1 example(s).; Bone- of Gallus gallus (chicken) - 1 example(s).; Bone- cranial of Capra/Ovis sp (Goat or Sheep) - 1 example(s).; Bone- cranial of Sus scrofa (Wild Boar or Domestic Pig) - 3 example(s).; Bone- distal ephiphysis metapodial of B. taurus (Cattle) - 1 example(s).; Bone- distal humerus of Capra/Ovis sp (Goat or Sheep) - 2 example(s).; Bone- femur of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 4 example(s).; Bone- half mandible of Sus scrofa (Wild Boar or Domestic Pig) - 1 example(s).; Bone- innominate of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 2 example(s).; Bone- innominate of Ruminant, sm (Ruminant, sm) - 2 example(s).; Bone- mandible of Capra/Ovis sp (Goat or Sheep) - 3 example(s).; Bone- metacarpal of Ovis aries (Sheep - Domestic) - 1 example(s).; Bone- metapodial of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 2 example(s).; Bone- metatarsal of Sus scrofa (Wild Boar or Domestic Pig) - 1 example(s).; Bone- most (nearly complete) mandible of Capra hircus (Goat - Domestic) - 1 example(s).; Bone- proximal metatarsal of Capra hircus (Goat - Domestic) - 2 example(s).; Bone- radioulna of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 1 example(s).; Bone- radius of Sus scrofa (Wild Boar or Domestic Pig) - 2 example(s).; Bone- rib of Ruminant, sm (Ruminant, sm) - 5 example(s).; Bone- scapula of Capra/Ovis sp (Goat or Sheep) - 3 example(s).; Bone- shaft radius of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 4 example(s).; Bone- tarsal, astragalus of Equus caballus (Horse - Domestic) - 2 example(s).; Bone- tibia of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 3 example(s).; Bone- tibia of Sus scrofa (Wild Boar or Domestic Pig) - 1 example(s).; Bone- ulna of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 1 example(s).; Bone- vertebrae of Capra/Ovis sp (Goat or Sheep) - 3 example(s).; Bone- vertebrae, cervical of Bos taurus (Cattle - Domestic) - 1 example(s). | |
| Period: | Late Byzantine (1059-1210 AD) | |
| Chronology: | 3rd quarter 12th century | |
| Grid: | 267-261.8E, 1039.1-1042.2N | |
| XMin: | 261.8 | |
| XMax: | 267 | |
| YMin: | 1039.1 | |
| YMax: | 1042.2 | |
| Site: | Corinth | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| Masl: | 84.4-84.7m. | |
| References: | Report: Nezi Field 2008 by Thanos Webb (2008-04-07 to 2008-06-13) Images (4) Coin: 2008 99 Coin: 2008 100 |