| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Basket | |
| Name: | Nezi Field, context 6695 | |
| Area: | Nezi Field | |
| Context Type: | Fill | |
| Title: | Fill | |
| Category: | Deposit | |
| Notebook: | 1104 | |
| Context: | 6695 | |
| Page: | 0 | |
| Date: | 2010/04/09 | |
| Stratum: | 25-30% inclusions: tile and pottery fragments, bone, large stones | |
| Description: | Top slope of the context is level. The soil color is dark reddish brown. The soil compaction is loose. The soil is moderately sorted. It is silty sand. | |
| Notes: | 6695 is a fill deposit below the floor south of well structure 6288. We began to remove a small bowl seemingly filled with small pottery fragments and stones. We could not see an intentional cut for the bowl, so we inferred that it was part of the fill. The small cup is faced downwards and the bottom portion was excavated in the 6883 context. Guy identified the glaze as Constantinopolitan white ware. We excavated the cup before the rest of the context. The compation became weakly cemented as we went down and the soil reddened. 11/4/10 addendum: 6695 was begun within the coordinates listed. However, as the excavation of the context proceeded, the southern and western limits expanded to include fill on the north side of wall 5631. This are was excavated previously in the 1960s and again in 2009. Thanassis said the material there was the same as the rest of 6695. It appeared that it was, in fact, more rocky than the rest of 6695 and probably should have been excavated separately. We will try to resolve this problem Monday, 12/4/10. 12/4/10: We halted this context up to the east side of well 6288 to dig inside the foundation cut and then to resume. Upon resuming, Thanassis found the cut for the robbin trench of wall 6421 extending north just east of the well, establishing a relative chronology: the wall-foundation cut-well. We surmise based on wall position and masonry style that this east-west wall was originally robbed out at the point where wall 6421 was laid to cut it. We closed this context to clean and define the rocks and stone of wall 6421. | |
| Context Pottery: | Coarseware. plate, pedestal plate. 3 rims. ; Coarseware. jar, jar. 1 rim. ; Fineware. ww plain (700-1120), chafing dish. 1 handle. 3 bodysherds. ; Fineware. ww plain (700-1120), plate. 2 rims. 2 bodysherds. ; Fineware. preroman109 bodysherds. ; Coarseware. amphora, amphora. 2 rims. 6 handles. 77 bodysherds. ; Fineware. ww painted (700-1120), plate. 2 rims. 3 bodysherds. ; Coarseware. pitcher, pitcher. 1 bodysherd. ; Fineware. unslipped plain glaze, quatrefoil cup. 1 rim. ; Fineware. premedieval9 bodysherds. ; Cooking ware. collar rim stew pot (1000-1100)4 rims. ; Fineware. ww plain (700-1120), cup. 1 bodysherd. ; Coarseware. pitcher, pitcher. 1 rim. 9 handles. 4 bodysherds. ; Fineware. ww plain (700-1120), mug. 1 complete profile. ; Fineware. ww plain (700-1120), plate. 1 bodysherd. | |
| Pottery Summary: | 196 frag(s) 0.72 kg. (100% saved) fineware. | |
| 1153 frag(s) 22.12 kg. (100% saved) coarseware. | ||
| 206 frag(s) 1.83 kg. (100% saved) cooking ware. | ||
| Context Artifacts: | iron lump 6; marble revetment white 1 schist 1 carystos 2; bone 1 tooth 3; glass 3; glass green bs 1 blue bs 3 thickened rim one similar to Jaleme 7; bone, pin 1 (L. 0.112m); Bone- cranial of Mammalia, md (Mammal - Medium) - 17 example(s).; Bone- distal femur of Mammalia, md (Mammal - Medium) - 1 example(s).; Bone- horncore of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 2 example(s).; Bone- humerus of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 4 example(s).; Bone- hyoid of Mammalia, md (Mammal - Medium) - 1 example(s).; Bone- indeterminate of Mammalia, lg (Mammal - Large) - 1 example(s).; Bone- limb bone, undiff. of Aves, md (Bird - Medium) - 7 example(s).; Bone- limb bone, undiff. of Mammalia, md (Mammal - Medium) - 42 example(s).; Bone- mandible of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 1 example(s).; Bone- mandible of Sus scrofa (Wild Boar or Domestic Pig) - 1 example(s).; Bone- mandible w/teeth of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 3 example(s).; Bone- mandible w/teeth of Sus scrofa (Wild Boar or Domestic Pig) - 3 example(s).; Bone- metacarpal of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 3 example(s).; Bone- metapodial of Equus sp (Horse, Ass Family) - 1 example(s).; Bone- metapodial of Sus scrofa (Wild Boar or Domestic Pig) - 7 example(s).; Bone- metatarsal of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 2 example(s).; Bone- radioulna of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 2 example(s).; Bone- radius of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 2 example(s).; Bone- rib of Mammalia, md (Mammal - Medium) - 17 example(s).; Bone- scapula of Aves, md (Bird - Medium) - 1 example(s).; Bone- scapula of Mammalia, md (Mammal - Medium) - 9 example(s).; Bone- tarsal, astragalus of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 1 example(s).; Bone- tarsal, calcaneus of Mammalia, md (Mammal - Medium) - 1 example(s).; Bone- tibia of Mammalia, md (Mammal - Medium) - 6 example(s).; Bone- tooth of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 7 example(s).; Bone- tooth of Equus sp (Horse, Ass Family) - 1 example(s).; Bone- tooth of Sus scrofa (Wild Boar or Domestic Pig) - 9 example(s).; Bone- vertebrae of Mammalia, md (Mammal - Medium) - 12 example(s). | |
| Period: | Late Byzantine (1059-1210 AD) | |
| Chronology: | npd | |
| Grid: | 277.72-275.47E, 1028.5-1030.1N | |
| XMin: | 275.47 | |
| XMax: | 277.72 | |
| YMin: | 1028.5 | |
| YMax: | 1030.1 | |
| Site: | Corinth | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| Masl: | 83.92-84.54m. | |
| References: | Report: Nezi Field 2010 by Rob Nichols, Marty Wells (2010-04-28 to 2010-04-29) Images (4) Object: MF 2010 10 Coin: 2010 14 Coin: 2010 19 |
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