| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Basket | |
| Name: | Nezi Field, context 6686 | |
| Area: | Nezi Field | |
| Context Type: | Fill | |
| Title: | Fill | |
| Category: | Deposit | |
| Notebook: | 1104 | |
| Context: | 6686 | |
| Page: | 0 | |
| Date: | 2010/04/08 | |
| Stratum: | 10% inclusions of tile fragments, pottery and plaster bits. | |
| Description: | Top slope of the context is moderate down to the S. The soil color is light pinkish brown. The soil compaction is firm. The soil is poorly sorted. It is clayey silt. | |
| Notes: | 6686 is a large area of fill in the center of the room. In the 2009 season, we removed several deposits of fill above 6686 which were relatively the same but differed in amounts and type of inclusions and character of soil. 6686 is most likely another one of these fills, only covering a large area. 6686 also continues east to wall 10087 and, along this wall, was cut by pier foundation trench 6204 and 1960s excavation trench. To the west, 6686 is cut by 6274, also a pier foundation trench. To the north, 6686 is cut by the wall foundation trench 6682 and the 1960s excavation trench. To the south, 6686 is cut by the large cutting action 6678. 6686 continues to go down, sill firmly packed, but now darker. The light color of the upper portions was due to its exposure to the elements over the last year. Thanassis continued digging west of the original opening context because the soil was the same there. This was the small strip extending southwest of the main larger context area. 6686 is coming down on a hard white surface on the south that extends east-west across the entire context. This white surface is probably a floor; there is evidence for burning from a thin ash deposit that appears to continue under wall 10095. The wall and he cut for the wall cut the ash deposit. We closed the context because it extends under the other contexts towards the well to the west. | |
| Context Pottery: | Coarseware. Byzantine, pitcher. 1 handle. 6 bodysherds. ; Fineware. premedieval6 bodysherds. ; Coarseware. Byzantine, amphora. 4 bodysherds. ; Fineware. arretine, plate. 1 bodysherd. ; Fineware. preroman44 bodysherds. ; Cooking ware. stewpot1 bodysherd. ; Fineware. unslipped plain glaze, chafing dish. 1 bodysherd. ; Fineware. unslipped plain glaze, pitcher. 1 bodysherd. ; Fineware. corinthian, banded cup. 1 rim. (saved to lot) . | |
| Pottery Summary: | 50 frag(s) 0.22 kg. (0% saved) fineware. | |
| 528 frag(s) 6.6 kg. (0% saved) coarseware. | ||
| 86 frag(s) 0.52 kg. (0% saved) cooking ware. | ||
| Context Artifacts: | porcellenite 5; iron ring 1 nail shank 2 knife blade 3; lamp roman type 16 one nozzle; bone large mammal mid-shaft 1; bone small mammal unfused epiphyses 1; bone worked 1; glass clear blue bs 1; bone small mammal scapula 1; bone equid tooth 1; bone medium mammal fragments 2; bone small mammal cranium 1; plaster white 1; charcoal chunk 1; glass clear blue bs 2 yellow-green bs 3 tubular base foot similar to MF 8302 brown bs 1; Bone- cranial of Mammalia, md (Mammal - Medium) - 6 example(s).; Bone- cranial of Rodentia, lg (Rodent - Large) - 1 example(s).; Bone- horncore of Mammalia, md (Mammal - Medium) - 5 example(s).; Bone- humerus of Mammalia, md (Mammal - Medium) - 5 example(s).; Bone- hyoid of Mammalia, md (Mammal - Medium) - 1 example(s).; Bone- indeterminate of Osteich/Chondrichthyes (Fish - Unid) - 1 example(s).; Bone- innominate of Mammalia, md (Mammal - Medium) - 3 example(s).; Bone- innominate of Rodentia, lg (Rodent - Large) - 1 example(s).; Bone- limb bone, undiff. of Mammalia, md (Mammal - Medium) - 20 example(s).; Bone- metapodial of Sus scrofa (Wild Boar or Domestic Pig) - 1 example(s).; Bone- metatarsal of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 2 example(s).; Bone- radius of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 5 example(s).; Bone- rib of Mammalia, md (Mammal - Medium) - 14 example(s).; Bone- scapula of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 8 example(s).; Bone- tarsal, calcaneus of Mammalia, md (Mammal - Medium) - 1 example(s).; Bone- tibia of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 3 example(s).; Bone- tooth of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 2 example(s).; Bone- tooth of Equus sp (Horse, Ass Family) - 1 example(s).; Bone- ulna of Mammalia, md (Mammal - Medium) - 2 example(s).; Bone- vertebrae of Mammalia, md (Mammal - Medium) - 14 example(s). | |
| Period: | Late Byzantine (1059-1210 AD) | |
| Chronology: | npd | |
| Grid: | 281.11-228.67E, 1030.76-1031.97N | |
| XMin: | 228.67 | |
| XMax: | 281.11 | |
| YMin: | 1030.76 | |
| YMax: | 1031.97 | |
| Site: | Corinth | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| Masl: | 84.11-84.55m. | |
| References: | Report: Nezi Field 2010 by Rob Nichols, Marty Wells (2010-04-28 to 2010-04-29) Object: C 2010 18 Coin: 2010 4 |
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