| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Basket | |
| Name: | Nezi Field, context 6785 | |
| Area: | Nezi Field | |
| Context Type: | Fill | |
| Title: | Dumped fill | |
| Category: | Deposit | |
| Notebook: | 1104 | |
| Context: | 6785 | |
| Page: | 0 | |
| Date: | 2010/04/20 | |
| Lot: | Lot 2010-030 | |
| Stratum: | Mixed soil (see notes); 20% inclusions: tile, pottery, tile, stones (angular, tabular, fine pebbles-cobbles) | |
| Description: | Top slope of the context is slight down to the E. The soil is poorly sorted. | |
| Notes: | Context 6785 is a fill of mixed soil in the western part of the room west of the courtyard of the Byzantine house. It abuts the northern face of structure 6768 and continues west beneath wall 5724. Part of context 6785 was overlaid by a shallow covering from context 6784, but was mostly revealed during the removal of context 6776. The soil of context 6785 is mixed between dark reddish brown clayey silt and dark reddish black clayey silt. There are 20% poorly sorted inclusions (stone, tile, bone, pottery). Because of the lack of surfaces above, it is difficult to intepret context 6785 as a leveling fill. Instead it is likely some type of dumped fill. As excavation continued it also became apparent that this fill continued further to the east. Because of the mixed nature of the soil it has been difficult with this context and several of the previous ones to properly define their limits. | |
| Context Pottery: | Fineware. Arretine, plate. 1 rim. 1 bodysherd. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. candarli form 34 rims. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. ESB, bowl. 1 bodysherd. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. candaril unidentified8 bodysherds. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. preroman15 bodysherds. ; Fineware. candarli form 22 rims. 1 bodysherd. (saved to lot) . | |
| Pottery Summary: | 57 frag(s) 0.25 kg. (82% saved) fineware. | |
| 430 frag(s) 4.31 kg. (0% saved) coarseware. | ||
| 244 frag(s) 1.2 kg. (0% saved) cooking ware. | ||
| Context Artifacts: | bone stained green 7 (saved to lot); Iron, nail 10, circle with central hole 1, lump 1; Bone, pin/needle/stylus 1 (broken at both ends); terracotta mould 1 (saved to lot); Bronze,lump 32, thin strips 10, strips 3; horn 1 (saved to lot); Glass, clear, blue, bs 4, spout from oil flask 1 (cf. Antonaras nos. 301-311); wall plaster red 3, yellow 1 (saved to lot); Lamp type 27, shoulder 1, handle 1, nozzle 1 (saved to lot); Bone- head humerus of Mammalia, md (Mammal - Medium) - 1 example(s).; Bone- lacrymal of Aves, md (Bird - Medium) - 1 example(s).; Bone- limb bone, undiff. of Mammalia, md (Mammal - Medium) - 31 example(s).; Bone- mandible w/teeth of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 1 example(s).; Bone- metapodial of Sus scrofa (Wild Boar or Domestic Pig) - 1 example(s).; Bone- radioulna of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 1 example(s).; Bone- radius of Mammalia, md (Mammal - Medium) - 2 example(s).; Bone- rib of Mammalia, lg (Mammal - Large) - 1 example(s).; Bone- rib of Mammalia, md (Mammal - Medium) - 18 example(s).; Bone- tooth of Equus sp (Horse, Ass Family) - 2 example(s).; Bone- tooth of Sus scrofa (Wild Boar or Domestic Pig) - 5 example(s).; Bone- ulna of Sus scrofa (Wild Boar or Domestic Pig) - 1 example(s).; Bone- vertebrae of Mammalia, md (Mammal - Medium) - 3 example(s). | |
| Period: | Middle Roman (2/2 2nd c-4th c AD) | |
| Chronology: | 3rd century | |
| Grid: | 263.91-261.45E, 1032.59-1034.61N | |
| XMin: | 261.45 | |
| XMax: | 263.91 | |
| YMin: | 1032.59 | |
| YMax: | 1034.61 | |
| Site: | Corinth | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| Masl: | 82.93-83.11m. | |
| References: | Report: Nezi Field 2010 by Scott Gallimore (2010-04-07 to 2010-04-23) Coin: 2010 42 |