Corinth Basket: Nezi Field, context 6697
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Basket
Name:   Nezi Field, context 6697
Area:   Nezi Field
Context Type:   Fill
Title:   Fill in well 6288 foundation cut
Category:   Deposit
Notebook:   1104
Context:   6697
Page:   0
Date:   2010/04/12
Stratum:   30% inclusions: tile fragments, chunks of marl, plaster bits and pottery
Description:   Top slope of the context is level. The soil color is light greyish brown. The soil compaction is firm. The soil is poorly sorted. It is sandy clay.
Notes:   6697 is the fill inside the foundation cut for well 6288. It is a continuation of 6636, the fill from the cut excavated in 2009. 6697 is being dug while excavation of the surrounding context is on hold.
Context Pottery:   Fineware. ww painted (700-1120), plate. 1 bodysherd. ; Coarseware. amphora, amphora. 13 bodysherds. ; Fineware. premedieval1 bodysherd. ; Fineware. preroman10 bodysherds. ; Coarseware. pitcher, pitcher. 1 rim.
Pottery Summary:   14 frag(s) 0.02 kg. (0% saved) fineware.
    111 frag(s) 1.28 kg. (0% saved) coarseware.
    16 frag(s) 0.12 kg. (0% saved) cooking ware.
Context Artifacts:   bronze pan 1 similar to MF 8030 8029; shell unid 1; charcoal chunk 1; marble revetment white with purple 1; Bone- distal humerus of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 1 example(s).; Bone- innominate of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 1 example(s).; Bone- limb bone, undiff. of Aves, md (Bird - Medium) - 3 example(s).; Bone- limb bone, undiff. of Mammalia, md (Mammal - Medium) - 16 example(s).; Bone- mandible of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 1 example(s).; Bone- mandible w/teeth of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 1 example(s).; Bone- metatarsal of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 2 example(s).; Bone- scapula of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 2 example(s).; Bone- tooth of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 3 example(s).; Bone- ulna of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 1 example(s).; Bone- vertebrae of Teleostei (Fish - Bony) - 1 example(s).
Period:   Late Byzantine (1059-1210 AD)
Chronology:   npd
Grid:   277.5-276.9E, 1029.5-1030.87N
XMin:   276.9
XMax:   277.5
YMin:   1029.5
YMax:   1030.87
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
Masl:   84.03-84.41m.
References:   Report: Nezi Field 2010 by Rob Nichols, Marty Wells (2010-04-28 to 2010-04-29)
Coin: 2010 15
Coin: 2010 17