Corinth Basket Nezi Field, context 5245

Collection:		Corinth
Type:		Basket
Name:		Nezi Field, context 5245
Area:		Nezi Field
Context Type:		Pit
Title:		Pit fill
Category:		Deposit
Notebook:		1101
Context:		5245
Page:		0
Date:		2008/04/15
Stratum:		Inclusions: small to medium mostly spherical subrounded pebbles (2%), a little carbon and tile pieces, some lime chunks
Description:		Top slope of the context is slight down to the N. The soil color is dark greyish red. The soil compaction is firm. The soil is moderately sorted. It is sandy silt.
Notes:		In the section of Room E west of the drain, red soil lay over the floor in the north. As we excavated it, it became clear that it also sharply cut the floor to the north, with a sharp vertical southern face to the context (bottom). Very red with few inclusions (incl. pottery). We continue to find the melted glass or glass slag that we have found elsewhere (e.g. in fill of foundation/robbing trench to the north). This may be the fill of a pit. The shape (crescent) is odd. We will fill out a cut form just in case it is a pit. The lowest surface reached is dark and seems to have evidence of burning. But, as mentioned, extremely few inclusions.
Context Pottery:		Fineware. unidentified red slip, pitcher. 1 bodysherd. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. AfRS, form 50. 1 rim.
Pottery Summary:		15 frag(s) 0.04 kg. (0% saved) fineware.
		1 frag(s) 0.01 kg. (0% saved) coarseware.
		11 frag(s) 0.06 kg. (0% saved) cooking ware.
Context Artifacts:		iron lump 1, nail 1; shell murex large 1; bone & shell 1 env.; lamp type 27 base 1; glass clear white BS 4; glass slag red-brown 6
Period:		Middle Roman (2/2 2nd c-4th c AD)
Chronology:		3rd cent
Grid:		278.25-277.24E, 1018.79-1019.22N
XMin:		277.24
XMax:		278.25
YMin:		1018.79
YMax:		1019.22
Site:		Corinth
City:		Ancient Corinth
Country:		Greece
Masl:		85.45-85.7m.
References:		Image: digital 2008 0031