Corinth Basket Nezi Field, context 1062

Collection:		Corinth
Type:		Basket
Name:		Nezi Field, context 1062
Area:		Nezi Field
Title:		Tile Debris Fill E of Pit 845
Category:		Deposit
Notebook:		1107
Context:		1062
Page:		0
Date:		2013/04/16
Stratum:		Stones (pebbles 10%, cobbles 2-4%), tile, ceramics, bone, carbon, glass, plaster
Description:		The soil color is dark yellowish brown. The soil compaction is firm. The soil is poorly sorted. It is sandy silt.
Notes:		1062 is our first context S of Wall 992 in a week or so. It looks like a fill of destruction debris: tile and burnt material. We take a sample for water-sieving. It is soon finished, exposing the same surface as was visible surrounding it, i.e. 1067.
Context Pottery:		Coarseware. Late Roman Amphora 2, LR Amph. 2. 1 rim. 1 handle. ; Fineware. Preroman4 bodysherds. ; Fineware. Rom- AfRS, Unidentified. ; Fineware. Rom- LRC, Unidentified. ; Coarseware. Late Roman Amphora 1, LR Amph. 1. 1 rim.
Pottery Summary:		6 frag(s) 0.02 kg. (0% saved) fineware.
		18 frag(s) 0.74 kg. (0% saved) coarseware.
		17 frag(s) 0.13 kg. (0% saved) cooking ware.
Context Artifacts:		Iron, nail, square shank, 1. L. 0.045, Th. 0.007; glass clear colorless, bs with raised line 1; glass clear blueish green, knop stem or handle 1, Diam. 0.022, H. 0.037. Solid on one end, hollow on the other. Somewhat like MF 69 276 but with a double knop; glass clear colorless, bs 2; glass clear blueish green, tubular base 1, may be from same vessel as knop stem above
Period:		Late Roman (5th -6th c AD)
Chronology:		2nd half 6th c.
Grid:		263.98-262.7E, 1012.88-1013.78N
XMin:		262.7
XMax:		263.98
YMin:		1012.88
YMax:		1013.78
Site:		Corinth
City:		Ancient Corinth
Country:		Greece
Masl:		85.79-85.98m.