Corinth Basket: Nezi Field, context 612
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Basket
Name:   Nezi Field, context 612
Area:   Nezi Field
Title:   Deposit on Floor
Category:   Deposit
Notebook:   1103
Context:   612
Page:   0
Date:   2009/06/08
Stratum:   40% fine-coarse platy angular pebbles, cobbles, rooftile fragments
Description:   The soil color is light pinkish brown. The soil compaction is loose. The soil is poorly sorted. It is sandy silt.
Notes:   Deposit 612 is a rectangular deposit on the floor that extends nortward from the EW wall 376 to the robbing trench 596 and westward from wall 306 into the scarp at 255.5E. The deposit is adjacent to the south to the well 610. Deposit 612 appears to be bounded to the eat by a single course of cobbles in a manner somewhat reminiscent of a hearth, though no signs of burning are noted. The deposit is sectioned during excavation as it continues westward into the baulk at 255.5 E. The formation of this deposit is unclear.
Context Pottery:   Fineware. plain glazed, unslipped (800-1100)1 bodysherd. ; Fineware. ww plain (700-1120)1 bodysherd. ; Fineware. premedieval2 bodysherds. ; Cooking ware. collar rim stew pot (1000-1100)2 rims.
Pottery Summary:   4 frag(s) 0.01 kg. (0% saved) fineware.
    38 frag(s) 0.3 kg. (0% saved) coarseware.
    18 frag(s) 0.05 kg. (0% saved) cooking ware.
Context Artifacts:   iron splinter 1; Bone- coracoid of Aves, md (Bird - Medium) - 1 example(s).; Bone- Not in Table - 1 example(s).; Bone- indeterminate of Mammalia, md (Mammal - Medium) - 4 example(s).; Bone- mandible of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 1 example(s).; Bone- metapodial of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 1 fragment(s). ; Bone- radius of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 1 fragment(s). ; Bone- radius of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 1 fragment(s). ; Bone- rib of Mammalia, md (Mammal - Medium) - 7 example(s).; Bone- scapula of Aves, md (Bird - Medium) - 1 example(s).; Bone- tooth of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 2 example(s).
Period:   Frankish (1210-1458 AD)
Chronology:   late 13th early 14th
Grid:   256-255.5E, 1003.39-1004.21N
XMin:   255.5
XMax:   256
YMin:   1003.39
YMax:   1004.21
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
Masl:   86.94-87.03m.
References:   Report: Nezi Field 2009 by Jody Cundy and Dina Boero (2009-06-19 to 2009-06-20)