Corinth Basket: Nezi Field, context 6247 Collection: | | Corinth | Type: | | Basket | Name: | | Nezi Field, context 6247 | Area: | | Nezi Field | Context Type: | | Fill | Title: | | fill against foundation | Category: | | Deposit | Notebook: | | 1103 | Context: | | 6247 | Page: | | 0 | Date: | | 2009/05/04 | Lot: | | Lot 2009-042 | Stratum: | | This soil had inclusions of pottery (.1-.2m), pebbles, and one larger stone (.3m); the soil is redder than the soil of the surrounding areas. | Description: | | The soil color is dark reddish brown. The soil compaction is very firm. The soil is poorly sorted. It is silty sand. | Notes: | | We are excavating this fill which was covered by 6233. This fill consists mostly of soil with one stone ca. .3m. It may be possible that this deposit is a build up of soil from the floor surface; this is especially likely because it is located in a corner between walls 5483 and 6245. | Context Pottery: | | Cooking ware. inwardly sloping rim stewpot (950-150)3 rims. (saved to lot) .; Coarseware. amphora. 2 handles. 1 bodysherd. (saved to lot) .; Cooking ware. collar rim stew pot (1000-1100)1 rim. 1 handle. 57 bodysherds. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. premedieval1 rim. (saved to lot) . | Pottery Summary: | | 1 frag(s) 0.01 kg. (100% saved) fineware. | | | 11 frag(s) 0.68 kg. (100% saved) coarseware. | | | 64 frag(s) 0.7 kg. (100% saved) cooking ware. | Context Artifacts: | | iron nail shaft rectangular 1; Bone- Not in Table - 1 example(s).; glass clear green bs 1; Bone- humerus of Sus scrofa (Wild Boar or Domestic Pig) - 1 fragment(s). ; Bone- innominate of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 1 example(s).; Bone- phalanx of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 1 complete example(s). ; Bone- rib of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 1 example(s).; Bone- vertebrae of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 2 example(s). | Period: | | Byzantine | Chronology: | | late 10th/11th | Grid: | | 271.73-271.19E, 1026.83-1027.22N | XMin: | | 271.19 | XMax: | | 271.73 | YMin: | | 1026.83 | YMax: | | 1027.22 | Site: | | Corinth | City: | | Ancient Corinth | Country: | | Greece | Masl: | | 84.47-84.57m. | References: | | Report: Nezi Field 2009 by spongberg hammond lima (2009-05-20 to 2009-05-21)
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