Corinth Basket: Nezi Field, context 6888
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Basket
Name:   Nezi Field, context 6888
Area:   Nezi Field
Context Type:   Fill
Title:   Rocky fill in middle of Room B
Category:   Deposit
Notebook:   1104
Context:   6888
Page:   0
Date:   2010/05/11
Lot:   Lot 2010-016
Stratum:   50% tile, large cobbles, sherds
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 clayey silt.
Notes:   6888 is a tiley, rock fill running east to west in Room B.
Context Pottery:   Fineware. roman1 bodysherd. ; Cooking ware. stewpot. 1 rim. (saved to lot) .; Coarseware. corinthian b amphora1 handle. (saved to lot) .; Coarseware. late roman amphora 11 rim. ; Cooking ware. sparkly post roman fabric1 handle. 1 bodysherd. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. premedieval4 bodysherds. ; Cooking ware. stewpot. 1 rim. (saved to lot) .; Coarseware. late roman amphora 22 bodysherds. ; Fineware. preroman22 bodysherds. ; Cooking ware. concave thickened rim stewpot (800-950)1 rim. (saved to lot) .
Pottery Summary:   28 frag(s) 0.2 kg. (0% saved) fineware.
    290 frag(s) 14.12 kg. (0% saved) coarseware.
    114 frag(s) 1.41 kg. (4% saved) cooking ware.
Context Artifacts:   andesite hopper mill one (saved to lot); bronze lump 1; roman terracotta figurine with hair one (saved to lot); shell murex 1; pithos one; pebble floor one; iron nail 1; Bone- cranial of Mammalia, md (Mammal - Medium) - 4 example(s).; Bone- cranial of Sus scrofa (Wild Boar or Domestic Pig) - 5 example(s).; Bone- limb bone, undiff. of Aves, md (Bird - Medium) - 1 example(s).; Bone- limb bone, undiff. of Mammalia, md (Mammal - Medium) - 12 example(s).; Bone- mandible w/teeth of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 2 example(s).; Bone- mandible w/teeth of Sus scrofa (Wild Boar or Domestic Pig) - 1 example(s).; Bone- metapodial of B. taurus (Cattle) - 1 example(s).; Bone- metapodial of Equus sp (Horse, Ass Family) - 1 example(s).; Bone- metapodial of Sus scrofa (Wild Boar or Domestic Pig) - 2 example(s).; Bone- rib of Mammalia, md (Mammal - Medium) - 1 example(s).; Bone- scapula of Sus scrofa (Wild Boar or Domestic Pig) - 3 example(s).; Bone- tarsal, calcaneus of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 2 example(s).; Bone- tooth of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 2 example(s).; Bone- tooth of Sus scrofa (Wild Boar or Domestic Pig) - 2 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:   Early Byzantine (610-802 AD)
Chronology:   8th c.
Grid:   274.39-271.52E, 1024.54-1025.85N
XMin:   271.52
XMax:   274.39
YMin:   1024.54
YMax:   1025.85
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
Masl:   83.91-84.29m.
References:   Coin: 2010 71