| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Basket | |
| Name: | Nezi Field, context 6115 | |
| Area: | Nezi Field | |
| Context Type: | Fill | |
| Title: | Subterranean Pithos Fill | |
| Category: | Deposit | |
| Notebook: | 1103 | |
| Context: | 6115 | |
| Page: | 0 | |
| Date: | 2009/04/15 | |
| Lot: | Lot 2009-008 | |
| Stratum: | Ceramics, medium pebbles to large stones; worked stones from adjacent wall | |
| Description: | The soil color is dark yellowish brown. The soil compaction is soft. The soil is moderately sorted. It is clayey silt. | |
| Notes: | Context 6115 is the accumulated fill of a subterranean Byzantine pithos. It appears to go very deep and contains a lot of ceramic sherds. Thus far, no bone has been recovered. None of the structure itself can be seen. The fill also contains some very large cut stones, which must have fallen in the fill from adjacent wall 10111. This subterranean pithos is comparable to structure 5504 to the NE. Removal of this context has revealed a clear yellow Frankish stratum in the east, and mixed in with the current context is slumped fill from that stratum. In this fill was found an intact Ionic marble capital (late Roman): 0.33W; 0.30L; 0.11H, and a basin or mortar: 0.38W; 0.38L; 0.19H (cavity diameter: 0.27 Max.; 0.26 Min.; 0.12D). It became apparent that wall 10111 turns 90 degrees to the north and was cut by this pithos as it was being cut from above. In the west there is a well-preserved amphora visible through the scarp, which must be dealt with later. It is embedded against wall 10111, and may be from a basement room. In this fill was a high concentration of ceramic sherds and a few iron nails. About half way through this fill we decided it was worth sieving. Wall 10111 continues to the full depth of this context and must extend below this level. Among other noteworthy finds were pieces of eggshell (perhaps an ostrich egg) and a bead recovered from the dry sieve. The many finds and pottery from this context will hopefully give is a good terminus post quem for this pithos as well as wall 10111, which it cuts. However, the presence of this late-Roman capital show that earlier material may have been introduced. Context 6115 also revealed the great depth to which wall 10111 goes and the fact that it changes course, turning 90 degrees to the north. Wall 10111 was found to be continuing east at the bottom of this context, most of its superstructure having been removed for construction of this pithos. A hypothesis, which will not be tested this session, is that wall 10111 continues father north and joins wall 6016 in the adjacent room to the east. | |
| Context Pottery: | Fineware. late sgraffito, slipped style VII (1250-1300), bowl. 2 bodysherds. (saved to lot) .; Cooking ware. mug. 1 rim. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. Prefrankish7 bodysherds. (saved to lot) .; Coarseware. stamnos. 2 handles. 6 bodysherds. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. glaze painted I, slipped (1110-1130), plate. 1 bodysherd. (saved to lot) .; Coarseware. bowl. 1 bodysherd. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. zeuxippus sgraffito, slipped painted (1240-1260), dish. 1 rim. (saved to lot) .; Coarseware. pitcher. 1 handle. 6 bodysherds. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. glaze painted I, slipped (1110-1130), plate. 1 rim. 4 bodysherds. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. ww incised (700-1120), cup. 1 rim. (saved to lot) .; Cooking ware. collar rim stew pot (1000-1100)5 rims. (saved to lot) .; Coarseware. bowl. 3 rims. (saved to lot) .; Cooking ware. triangular rim stew pot (1100-1270), stewpot. 2 bodysherds. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. plate. 1 rim. 1 bodysherd. (saved to lot) .; Cooking ware. ww kettle, kettle. 3 bodysherds. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. slipped plain glazed (1100-1300)4 rims. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. Premedieval6 bodysherds. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. bowl. 1 rim. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. ww impressed, plate. 1 rim. 1 bodysherd. (saved to lot) .; Cooking ware. collar rim stew pot (1000-1100), stewpot. 2 rims. 1 handle. (saved to lot) .; Cooking ware. vertical rim stewpot (1270-1320), stewpot. 4 rims. (saved to lot) . | |
| Pottery Summary: | 34 frag(s) 0.58 kg. (100% saved) fineware. | |
| 235 frag(s) 6.28 kg. (100% saved) coarseware. | ||
| 76 frag(s) 1.7 kg. (100% saved) cooking ware. | ||
| Context Artifacts: | charcoal lump 1; steatite button 1, Diam. 0.02, plano-convex with thick sides, engraved on upper face with series of parallel lines (2-5), cf. MF-9903; 1 shell (ostrich?); glass: transparent green vessel bs 1, rounded knob base 1; iron: strip 1; nails with rectangular shanks 4 (2 complete with rounded heads-bent); tack with square shank and rounded head 1; bronze lump 3; waster Byzantine amphora handle; Bone- cranial of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 1 example(s).; Bone- humerus of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 1 example(s).; Bone- Not in Table - 1 example(s).; Bone- scapula of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 1 example(s).; Bone- scapula of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 1 example(s).; Bone- vertebrae of Mammalia, md (Mammal - Medium) - 1 example(s). | |
| Period: | Frankish (1210-1458 AD) | |
| Chronology: | 3rd quarter of 13th cen. | |
| Grid: | 262.84-261.54E, 1036.66-1037.95N | |
| XMin: | 261.54 | |
| XMax: | 262.84 | |
| YMin: | 1036.66 | |
| YMax: | 1037.95 | |
| Site: | Corinth | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| Masl: | 83.48-84.63m. | |
| References: | Report: Nezi Field 2009 by William Bruce, Scott Gallimore (2009-03-30 to 2009-04-16) Image: digital 2009 0430 Image: digital 2009 0431 Image: digital 2009 0432 Coin: 2009 49 |
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