| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Basket | |
| Name: | Nezi Field, context 5729 | |
| Area: | Nezi Field | |
| Context Type: | Surface | |
| Title: | gravel floor | |
| Category: | Deposit | |
| Notebook: | 1101 | |
| Context: | 5729 | |
| Page: | 0 | |
| Date: | 2008/05/30 | |
| Stratum: | 40% inclusions: pebbles, cobbles: angular/spherical, roof tile fragments | |
| Description: | Top slope of the context is level. The soil color is light brownish grey. The soil compaction is firm. The soil is moderately sorted. It is sandy silt. | |
| Notes: | We excavated this context because upon the removal of 5712 and 5715, a floor was discovered that runs under deposits that 5729 overlies. As a result, we are excavating 5729 to maintain excavation methodology of "last in, first out." 5729 is cut to the east by a N-S oriented martyr that was created in the 1960's excavations and to the north by a scarp created during excavations in the south Stoa during the 20th century. This gravel deposit may be the remmant of a path or floor. This type of gravel construction suggests an external space due to the ability for water to drain more effectively on such a surface. It is possible that 5729 is the same stratum as the earlier excavated 5401. There is a difference of .05m in there elevations and there is a gap of 3.40m between them. The removal of 5729 revealed four deposits: 5738, 5734, 5740, and an unexcavated fourth deposit (5738 overlies part of this floor deposit). 5729 abuts 5731 to the west and has a similar elevation to the top of 5729. 5731 will be the next context excavated. | |
| Context Pottery: | Cooking ware. collar rim stew pot (1000-1100), stewpot. 1 rim. ; Coarseware. basin. ; Coarseware. amphora. 22 bodysherds. | |
| Pottery Summary: | 58 frag(s) 1.6 kg. (0% saved) coarseware. | |
| 1 frag(s) 0.01 kg. (0% saved) cooking ware. | ||
| Context Artifacts: | iron fragments adhering to stones 4 | |
| Period: | Late Byzantine (1059-1210 AD) | |
| Chronology: | 11th npd | |
| Grid: | 268.6-266.15E, 1043.5-1045N | |
| XMin: | 266.15 | |
| XMax: | 268.6 | |
| YMin: | 1043.5 | |
| YMax: | 1045 | |
| Site: | Corinth | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| Masl: | 84.47-84.55m. | |
| References: | Report: Nezi Field 2008 by Thanos Webb (2008-04-07 to 2008-06-13) |