| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Basket | |
| Name: | Nezi Field, context 6819 | |
| Area: | Nezi Field | |
| Context Type: | Surface | |
| Title: | External Floor Surface | |
| Category: | Deposit | |
| Notebook: | 1104 | |
| Context: | 6819 | |
| Page: | 0 | |
| Date: | 2010/04/24 | |
| Lot: | Lot 2010-002 | |
| Stratum: | 25% inclusions: tile, small to medium pebbles, small flecks of charcoal, pottery, bone | |
| Description: | Top slope of the context is level. The soil color is dark greyish brown. The soil compaction is compact. The soil is poorly sorted. It is coarse sand. | |
| Notes: | Context 6819 is a compact external floor surface, identical to that of context 6698 and the upper stratum of 6696 (see excavation notes for 6698 and 6696 for more information). This surface is very compact and has small to medium pebbles in its surface, as well as tiles laid flat on the surface -- this is why we consider it to be an external floor. This floor (6819 + 6698 + 6696) was cut in several places, e.g. by bothros 5595, robbing trench 5802, pithos 5504, and EW wall 5678. We had originally planned to excavate all of the external floor surfaces coterminously, but instead moved further to the East after uncovering the marble tile floor (= 5710). We are excavating 6819 now in order to unify the entire area of the trench and because the external floor surface possibly represents the latest feature still extant in the trench. The soil of 6819 is compact and blackish/reddish brown in color. It has ca. 25% inclusions of small to medium pebbles, small rocks, tiles, some small flecks of charcoal, pottery, and some bone. The soil being revealed by the excavation of 6819 is loose, reddish-brown in color, and has ca. 40% inclusions of tile, small to medium rocks, and pottery. This new stratum seems to be the same as that revealed in the Northern portion of context 6815. This fill is optically similar to 6699, although with more inclusions (6699 = leveling fill directly under external floor surface 6698). In the North-West area of 6819, we have come down on another floor surface. This one also appears to be an external space and is more compact than 6819. We will change contexts to excavate this second floor (= 6825). | |
| Context Pottery: | Fineware. ww plain (700-1120), bowl. 2 rims. 9 bodysherds. (saved to lot) .; Cooking ware. inwardly sloping rim stewpot (950-150)1 rim. ; Fineware. ww stamped, plate. 1 rim. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. ww plain (700-1120), cup. 1 rim. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. premedieval3 bodysherds. ; Fineware. preroman8 bodysherds. ; Fineware. ww plain (700-1120)3 bodysherds. (saved to lot) . | |
| Pottery Summary: | 29 frag(s) 0.14 kg. (59% saved) fineware. | |
| 168 frag(s) 1.88 kg. (0% saved) coarseware. | ||
| 38 frag(s) 0.3 kg. (0% saved) cooking ware. | ||
| Context Artifacts: | glass clear blue bs 3 light green bs 1 blue thickened rim rim 1 similar to Jalame 7; Bone- cranial of Mammalia, md (Mammal - Medium) - 1 example(s).; Bone- distal humerus of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 1 example(s).; Bone- limb bone, undiff. of Mammalia, md (Mammal - Medium) - 12 example(s).; Bone- metapodial of Sus scrofa (Wild Boar or Domestic Pig) - 2 example(s).; Bone- radius of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 2 example(s).; Bone- rib of Mammalia, md (Mammal - Medium) - 4 example(s).; Bone- tarsal, astragalus of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 1 example(s).; Bone- tooth of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 1 example(s).; Bone- ulna of Mammalia, md (Mammal - Medium) - 1 example(s).; Bone- vertebrae of Mammalia, md (Mammal - Medium) - 3 example(s). | |
| Period: | Middle Byzantine (802-1058 AD) | |
| Chronology: | late 11th c. | |
| Grid: | 270.17-266.35E, 1042.29-1044.86N | |
| XMin: | 266.35 | |
| XMax: | 270.17 | |
| YMin: | 1042.29 | |
| YMax: | 1044.86 | |
| Site: | Corinth | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| Masl: | 84.39-84.51m. | |
| References: | Report: Nezi Field 2010 by Paga, Jessica (2010-04-07 to 2010-04-23) |