| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Basket | |
| Name: | Nezi Field, context 5481 | |
| Area: | Nezi Field | |
| Context Type: | Fill | |
| Title: | Fill pedestalled beneath E part of Wall Spur 5478 | |
| Category: | Deposit | |
| Notebook: | 1101 | |
| Context: | 5481 | |
| Page: | 0 | |
| Date: | 2008/05/15 | |
| Lot: | Lot 2008-010 | |
| Stratum: | 20%: bioturbation (small shrub roots, .03-.05 m diameter); cobbles (0.05 m L - 0.15 m L); pottery (0.02-0.08 m L); bone prevalent (0.04-0.10 m L) | |
| Description: | Top slope of the context is level. The soil color is light greyish brown. The soil compaction is loose. The soil is poorly sorted. It is sandy silt. | |
| Notes: | We reserved this pedestal of soil for separate excavation because it underlay the E portion of Wall 5478; a large boulder and several cobbles forming a W-facing face were several cm above the soil matrix when they were removed in that context. Because the surface of Wall 5478 and the soil matrix beneath it were pedestalled for some time, the structure itself has no kept associated finds and was lightly cleaned before removing this underlying soil matrix. However, there may still be some concern for contamination in this subfill layer. There are still a few large stones, mostly to the W and N of the wall as it stands now, that remain buried in the matrix of soil that we are currently removing. They seem to indicate that at least part of the wall's construction predates the laying of the upper stones. G.S. has speculated that Context 5478 may be reflective of 18th century activity in this area, and that the top stones were moved from somewhere else. The orientation of the stones still set into the matrix of soil was much more E-W than N-S. The excavation of this context revealed a darker substratum with more roof tiles and bone debris fill (context 5491). Later, we realized that 5491 and 5481 represented fill for a pit cut; 5481 represented the topmost layer of that fill. | |
| Context Pottery: | Fineware. slipped plain glazed (1100-1300), bowl. 8 bodysherds. (saved to lot) .; Coarseware. pitcher. 2 handles. 4 bodysherds. (saved to lot) .; Coarseware. pitcher. 7 bodysherds. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. protomaiolica, slipped (1260-1325), bowl. 1 bodysherd. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. metallic ware, unslipped (1275-1335), pitcher. 3 bodysherds. (saved to lot) .; Coarseware. amphora. 1 rim. 1 handle. 13 bodysherds. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. slipped plain glazed (1100-1300), pitcher. 2 bodysherds. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. late sgraffito, slipped style VII (1250-1300), bowl. 2 bodysherds. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. late sgraffito, slipped style VII (1250-1300), bowl. 5 rims. 3 bodysherds. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. metallic ware, unslipped (1275-1335), basin. 1 rim. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. premedieval4 bodysherds. (saved to lot) .; Coarseware. amphora. 54 bodysherds. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. glaze painted IV, slipped (1220-1260), bowl. 1 bodysherd. (saved to lot) . | |
| Pottery Summary: | 22 frag(s) 0.39 kg. (100% saved) fineware. | |
| 183 frag(s) 2.18 kg. (100% saved) coarseware. | ||
| 15 frag(s) 0.02 kg. (100% saved) cooking ware. | ||
| Context Artifacts: | candlestick lamp, frankish, handle (1) (saved to lot) | |
| Period: | Frankish (1210-1458 AD) | |
| Chronology: | 1300 +/- 10; predominantly 1260-1300, one piece from first half of 12th | |
| Grid: | 262.51-261.69E, 1036.73-1038.28N | |
| XMin: | 261.69 | |
| XMax: | 262.51 | |
| YMin: | 1036.73 | |
| YMax: | 1038.28 | |
| Site: | Corinth | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| Masl: | 85.22-85.46m. | |
| References: | Report: Nezi Field 2008 by Sarah Lima (2008-04-07 to 2008-06-13) |