| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Basket | |
| Name: | Nezi Field, context 6847 | |
| Area: | Nezi Field | |
| Context Type: | Pit | |
| Title: | pit fill | |
| Category: | Deposit | |
| Notebook: | 1104 | |
| Context: | 6847 | |
| Page: | 0 | |
| Date: | 2010/05/05 | |
| Lot: | Lot 2010-003 | |
| Stratum: | inclusions of tile, concrete, roots, coarse pebbles and cobbles (subrounded)--40% | |
| Description: | Top slope of the context is level. The soil color is dark reddish brown. The soil compaction is soft. The soil is poorly sorted. It is silty sand. | |
| Notes: | We started excavating 6847 because we understood from cleaning 6843 that the fill of pit 6840 continues down and that the bothros had not been completely excavated in 2008. We noticed that the majority of the soil is a dark reddish brown, but there are areas of ashy soil and white soil. \there was no clear and distinct boundary between the different soil patches, so we are excavating all the soil as one context. At this point, we think that the small areas of different soil can be accounted for by the dumping of different materials, possibly at the same time, as would have taken place in a rubbish pit. Guy Sanders mentioned that if we are finding reddish soil, we might be coming upon disintegrated mud brick. Charcoal fragments have been found throughout. We speculate that the pit may be a refuse dump or a basement or cellar for storage. GS thinks it might be late 11th c. based on cursory examination of pottery. | |
| Context Pottery: | Fineware. pre-medieval64 bodysherds. ; Fineware. ww polychrome (1050-1120), bowl. 1 rim. (saved to lot) .; Cooking ware. triangular rim stew pot (1100-1270)1 rim. ; Fineware. plain glazed, unslipped (800-1100), chafing dish. 1 rim. 1 bodysherd. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. plain glazed, unslipped (800-1100), cup quaterfoil. 1 handle. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. other mid 12th c.2 bodysherds. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. ww plain (700-1120), chafing dish. 1 bodysherd. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. ww plain (700-1120), plate. 2 rims. 2 bodysherds. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. ww plain (700-1120), beaker. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. plain glazed, unslipped (800-1100), unidentified. 2 bodysherds. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. pre-roman5 bodysherds. ; Cooking ware. collar rim stew pot (1000-1100)2 rims. ; Fineware. blue frit1 rim. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. measles, slipped slip painted sgraffito (1140-1160), pan. 1 bodysherd. (saved to lot) .; Cooking ware. triangular rim stew pot (1100-1270), mug. 1 rim. 1 handle. ; Fineware. ww plain (700-1120), cup. 2 bodysherds. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. light on dark I, slip painted (1100-1125), bowl. 1 rim. (saved to lot) . | |
| Pottery Summary: | 114 frag(s) 0.59 kg. (26% saved) fineware. | |
| 475 frag(s) 7.84 kg. (0% saved) coarseware. | ||
| 219 frag(s) 1.83 kg. (0% saved) cooking ware. | ||
| Context Artifacts: | bronze lump 2, nail very thin rounded shank, complete, bent 1; glass transparent bs 4, glass clear base, projection in center, cf MF 7248 1, glass transparent, rim cf Corinth 12 648, 2; shell murex 1 patella 1 marine 1; possible flan 1 (coin # 2010 56; shell murex 3; charcoal bits, 20; iron lump 2; bronze sheet 2; iron nail square shank, complete, H. 0.030 1; lamp frag 1; Bone- cranial of Mammalia, md (Mammal - Medium) - 11 example(s).; Bone- cranial of Mammalia, md (Mammal - Medium) - 2 example(s).; Bone- cranial of Mammalia, md (Mammal - Medium) - 19 example(s).; Bone- distal femur of Mammalia, md (Mammal - Medium) - 1 example(s).; Bone- distal femur of Mammalia, md (Mammal - Medium) - 1 example(s).; Bone- distal radius of B. taurus (Cattle) - 1 example(s).; Bone- distal ulna of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 2 example(s).; Bone- epiphysis metapodial of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 1 example(s).; Bone- femur of Sus scrofa (Wild Boar or Domestic Pig) - 1 example(s).; Bone- indeterminate of Aves, md (Bird - Medium) - 2 example(s).; Bone- indeterminate of Osteich/Chondrichthyes (Fish - Unid) - 3 example(s).; Bone- indeterminate of Osteich/Chondrichthyes (Fish - Unid) - 1 example(s).; Bone- innominate of Mammalia, md (Mammal - Medium) - 6 example(s).; Bone- innominate of Mammalia, md (Mammal - Medium) - 1 example(s).; Bone- limb bone, undiff. of Aves, md (Bird - Medium) - 5 example(s).; Bone- limb bone, undiff. of Aves, md (Bird - Medium) - 11 example(s).; Bone- limb bone, undiff. of Aves, md (Bird - Medium) - 1 example(s).; Bone- limb bone, undiff. of Mammalia, md (Mammal - Medium) - 1 example(s).; Bone- limb bone, undiff. of Mammalia, md (Mammal - Medium) - 13 example(s).; Bone- limb bone, undiff. of Mammalia, md (Mammal - Medium) - 55 example(s).; Bone- limb bone, undiff. of Mammalia, md (Mammal - Medium) - 2 example(s).; Bone- limb bone, undiff. of Mammalia, md (Mammal - Medium) - 5 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- metacarpal of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 1 example(s).; Bone- metapodial of Sus scrofa (Wild Boar or Domestic Pig) - 9 example(s).; Bone- metapodial of Sus scrofa (Wild Boar or Domestic Pig) - 6 example(s).; Bone- metatarsal of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 1 example(s).; Bone- proximal ulna of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 1 example(s).; Bone- rib of Mammalia, md (Mammal - Medium) - 1 example(s).; Bone- rib of Mammalia, md (Mammal - Medium) - 30 example(s).; Bone- rib of Mammalia, md (Mammal - Medium) - 1 example(s).; Bone- rib of Mammalia, md (Mammal - Medium) - 15 example(s).; Bone- scapula of Aves, md (Bird - Medium) - 1 example(s).; Bone- scapula of Aves, md (Bird - Medium) - 1 example(s).; Bone- scapula of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 3 example(s).; Bone- scapula of Mammalia, md (Mammal - Medium) - 5 example(s).; Bone- shaft humerus of Mammalia, md (Mammal - Medium) - 3 example(s).; Bone- shaft radioulna of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 1 example(s).; Bone- shaft radius of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 1 example(s).; Bone- shaft, distal radius of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 1 example(s).; Bone- shaft, distal tibia of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 1 example(s).; Bone- shaft, distal tibia of Mammalia, md (Mammal - Medium) - 1 example(s).; Bone- shaft, proximal metatarsal of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 1 example(s).; Bone- shaft, proximal radius of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 3 example(s).; Bone- shaft, proximal tibia of Mammalia, md (Mammal - Medium) - 1 example(s).; Bone- tarsal, calcaneus of Mammalia, md (Mammal - Medium) - 3 example(s).; Bone- tooth of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 3 example(s).; Bone- tooth of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 10 example(s).; Bone- tooth of Sus scrofa (Wild Boar or Domestic Pig) - 10 example(s).; Bone- tooth of Sus scrofa (Wild Boar or Domestic Pig) - 2 example(s).; Bone- vertebrae of Aves, md (Bird - Medium) - 1 example(s).; Bone- vertebrae of Mammalia, md (Mammal - Medium) - 1 example(s).; Bone- vertebrae of Mammalia, md (Mammal - Medium) - 1 example(s).; Bone- vertebrae of Mammalia, md (Mammal - Medium) - 17 example(s).; Bone- vertebrae of Mammalia, md (Mammal - Medium) - 2 example(s).; Bone- vertebrae of Mammalia, md (Mammal - Medium) - 1 example(s).; Bone- vertebrae of Mammalia, md (Mammal - Medium) - 5 example(s).; Bone- vertebrae, axis of Mammalia, md (Mammal - Medium) - 1 example(s). | |
| Period: | Middle Byzantine (802-1058 AD) | |
| Chronology: | third quarter of 12th | |
| Grid: | 270.01-267.9E, 1040.5-1042.47N | |
| XMin: | 267.9 | |
| XMax: | 270.01 | |
| YMin: | 1040.5 | |
| YMax: | 1042.47 | |
| Site: | Corinth | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| Masl: | 83.18-83.64m. | |
| References: | Report: Nezi Field 2010 by Johanna Best; Kelcy Sagstetter (2010-05-04 to 2010-05-21) Coin: 2010 68 |