Corinth Basket: Nezi Field, context 6358
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Basket
Name:   Nezi Field, context 6358
Area:   Nezi Field
Title:   lower fill for bothros (topmost remaining fill of
Category:   Deposit
Notebook:   1103
Context:   6358
Page:   0
Date:   2009/05/11
Lot:   Lot 2009-027
Stratum:   10% inclusions of pebbles, pottery, small pieces of tile, medium to large .2-.75m stones.
Description:   The soil color is dark reddish brown. The soil compaction is firm. The soil is moderately sorted. It is sandy silt.
Notes:   We are excavating this context to try to get a date for our possible wellhead by finding some pottery. We changed contexts here because the soil is darker and has more gravel in it than 6353; there are also not as many large stones like there was in 6353.
Context Pottery:   Fineware. late sgraffito, slipped style VII (1250-1300), bowl. 1 rim. (saved to lot) .; Cooking ware. triangular. 1 rim. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. glaze painted I, slipped (1110-1130)4 bodysherds. (saved to lot) .; Coarseware. pitcher. 3 bodysherds. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. RMR, slipped (1275-1325), bowl. 1 rim. 1 bodysherd. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. Roman2 bodysherds. ; Fineware. Byzantine (saved to lot) .; Fineware. early frankish2 bodysherds. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. venetto sgrafitto (saved to lot) .; Fineware. classical5 bodysherds.
Pottery Summary:   24 frag(s) 0.29 kg. (21% saved) fineware.
    129 frag(s) 3.2 kg. (2% saved) coarseware.
    40 frag(s) 0.35 kg. (3% saved) cooking ware.
Context Artifacts:   iron blade 1; glass clear green rim 1 bs 1; Bone- Not in Table - 1 example(s).; glass clear green cup rim 1as MF 7300; iron lump 1; iron nail square shaft 1; Bone- cranial of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 3 example(s).; Bone- cranial of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 1 example(s).; Bone- limb bone, undiff. of Aves, sm (Bird - Small) - 1 example(s).; Bone- limb bone, undiff. of Mammalia, lg (Mammal - Large) - 1 fragment(s). ; Bone- limb bone, undiff. of Mammalia, md (Mammal - Medium) - 1 fragment(s). ; Bone- limb bone, undiff. of Mammalia, md (Mammal - Medium) - 1 fragment(s). ; Bone- mandible of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 1 example(s).; Bone- metapodial of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 1 fragment(s). ; Bone- metapodial of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 1 fragment(s). ; Bone- rib of Sus scrofa (Wild Boar or Domestic Pig) - 1 example(s).; Bone- scapula of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 1 example(s).; Bone- tooth maxillary of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 1 example(s).; Bone- tooth of Sus scrofa (Wild Boar or Domestic Pig) - 1 example(s).; Bone- vertebrae of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 1 example(s).
Period:   Frankish (1210-1458 AD)
Chronology:   1300 +/- 10
Grid:   268.11-266.52E, 1024.22-1025.51N
XMin:   266.52
XMax:   268.11
YMin:   1024.22
YMax:   1025.51
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
Masl:   83.42-83.76m.
References:   Report: Nezi Field 2009 by spongberg hammond lima (2009-05-20 to 2009-05-21)
Coin: 2009 88