Corinth Basket: Nezi Field, context 7183
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Basket
Name:   Nezi Field, context 7183
Area:   Nezi Field
Context Type:   Floor
Title:   Built tile floor
Category:   Cut
Notebook:   1104
Context:   7183
Page:   0
Date:   2010/06/09
Stratum:   ceramic sherds, rooftiles, some subrounded pebbles
Description:   The soil color is dark reddish brown. It is sandy silt. Structure materials: broken floor tiles and roof tiles. Material size: 0.08-0.25 in width/length, 0.03-0.045 in height.
Notes:   This structure is a built tile floor in the North end of the room NE of the courtyard. Composed of rooftile and floor tile fragments, it is resting on compact soil that is also in between the tiles. We are removing this soil with the tiles down to the elevation of the lower floor. At the same elevation as the rooftiles, an earthen floor extended throughout the room, truncated by foundation trenches and bothroi.
Context Pottery:   Coarseware. pitcher. 2 handles. 2 bodysherds. ; Fineware. premedieval8 bodysherds. ; Fineware. ww painted (700-1120), chafing dish. 1 bodysherd. ; Coarseware. jar lid. 1 rim.
Pottery Summary:   10 frag(s) 0.5 kg. (0% saved) fineware.
    102 frag(s) 1.05 kg. (0% saved) coarseware.
    24 frag(s) 0.1 kg. (0% saved) cooking ware.
Context Artifacts:   xxx; glass clear blue 2bs; Bone- indeterminate of Mammalia, md (Mammal - Medium) - 2 example(s).; Bone- limb bone, undiff. of Mammalia, md (Mammal - Medium) - 13 example(s).; Bone- rib of Mammalia, md (Mammal - Medium) - 6 example(s).; Bone- scapula of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 1 example(s).; Bone- tooth of Sus scrofa (Wild Boar or Domestic Pig) - 1 example(s).; Bone- vertebrae of Mammalia, md (Mammal - Medium) - 3 example(s).
Period:   Middle Byzantine (802-1058 AD)
Chronology:   late 11th
Grid:   273.86-273.14E, 1038.5-1039.54N
XMin:   273.14
XMax:   273.86
YMin:   1038.5
YMax:   1039.54
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
Masl:   84.11-84.25m.
References:   Report: Nezi Field 2010 by Charlotte Maxwell-Jones (2010-05-31 to 2010-06-18)
Image: digital 2010 1190
Image: digital 2010 1191
Image: digital 2010 1192
Coin: 2010 135
Coin: 2010 136