| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Basket | |
| Name: | Nezi Field, context 5989 | |
| Area: | Nezi Field | |
| Context Type: | Surface | |
| Title: | Floor surface | |
| Category: | Deposit | |
| Notebook: | 1103 | |
| Context: | 5989 | |
| Page: | 0 | |
| Date: | 2009/04/06 | |
| Lot: | Lot 2009-009 | |
| Stratum: | Ceramic sherds (primarily small fragments of tile); stone (small to coarse pebbles; rounded to angular; spherical to tabular); ash/charcoal; bone. 20% inclusions | |
| Description: | The soil color is dark reddish brown. The soil compaction is firm. The soil is poorly sorted. It is clayey silt. | |
| Notes: | Context 5989 is an intact floor surface of compact earth along the southern side of room north of courtyard in Byzantine house. Currently latest deposit in room making it necessary to excavate next. Does not appear to be cut by foundation trench for wall 38 (=5990) on eastern side of room. Context 5989 abutted tile fill (context 5981) and difficult to determine if one earlier than another. Because this context is a floor, decided to take 6 samples of 15 l. for flotation. Also decided to dry sieve the remainder of soil. (70% sieved, 30 % floated) Context 5989 originally revealed by removal of context 5963. Soil is dark reddish brown clayey silt with 20% inclusions including ceramic sherds, stones, bones, and ash/charcoal. Context 5989 produced quantities of bone and scrap metal. Removal of this context did reveal continuation of floor surface which now appears to cover much of surface of this room (also revealed by removal of context 5981). Slight concentration of ash/charcoal visible at western end of context 5989. This context appears to continue until threshold of room in southeast corner, but not beyond into courtyard of Byzantine house. As removal of context 5989 continued, became more apparent that multiple surfaces revealed beneath. | |
| Context Pottery: | Coarseware. pitcher. 1 handle. (saved to lot) .; Cooking ware. collar rim stew pot (1000-1100)1 bodysherd. (saved to lot) .; Coarseware. pitcher. 2 rims. 4 handles. 16 bodysherds. ; Cooking ware. collar rim stew pot (1000-1100)3 bodysherds. (saved to lot) .; Cooking ware. triangular rim stew pot (1100-1270)1 bodysherd. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. plain glazed, unslipped (800-1100), chafing dish. 1 rim. (saved to lot) .; Coarseware. amphora. 1 rim. 55 bodysherds. ; Cooking ware. ww, kettle. 1 handle. (saved to lot) .; Coarseware. stamnos. 1 bodysherd. (saved to lot) .; Coarseware. pedistal dish3 rims. ; Fineware. Premedieval8 bodysherds. ; Coarseware. pitcher. 1 bodysherd. ; Coarseware. amphora. 6 bodysherds. | |
| Pottery Summary: | 9 frag(s) 0.07 kg. (11% saved) fineware. | |
| 222 frag(s) 4.79 kg. (5% saved) coarseware. | ||
| 54 frag(s) 0.46 kg. (11% saved) cooking ware. | ||
| Context Artifacts: | obsidian debitage 1; 1 copper/bronze scrap; glass transparent green, pitted bs 1, goblet stem 1, small vertical cup handle 1; Iron nails 9; ring 1; scraps 10; 1 iron spike rectangular shank (head and point missing) .087; Marble revetment white 1; polychrome 2; Rubbing stone 1; Bone- cranial of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 3 example(s).; Bone- limb bone, undiff. of Mammalia, md (Mammal - Medium) - 1 example(s).; Bone- metapodial of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 1 example(s).; Bone- metapodial of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 1 example(s).; Bone- metapodial of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 1 example(s).; Bone- metapodial of Sus scrofa (Wild Boar or Domestic Pig) - 1 example(s).; Bone- Not in Table - 1 example(s).; Bone- radioulna of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 1 example(s).; Bone- rib of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 2 example(s).; Bone- rib of Mammalia, md (Mammal - Medium) - 2 example(s).; Bone- tibia of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 2 example(s).; Bone- tibia of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 2 example(s).; Bone- tibia of Sus scrofa (Wild Boar or Domestic Pig) - 1 example(s).; Bone- vertebrae of Mammalia, md (Mammal - Medium) - 1 example(s). | |
| Period: | Middle Byzantine (802-1058 AD) | |
| Chronology: | 12th NPD | |
| Grid: | 270.7-265.05E, 1035.41-1037.65N | |
| XMin: | 265.05 | |
| XMax: | 270.7 | |
| YMin: | 1035.41 | |
| YMax: | 1037.65 | |
| Site: | Corinth | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| Masl: | 84.4-84.47m. | |
| References: | Report: Nezi Field 2009 by William Bruce, Scott Gallimore (2009-03-30 to 2009-04-16) Coin: 2009 25 |
|