Corinth Basket: Nezi Field, context 5566
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Basket
Name:   Nezi Field, context 5566
Area:   Nezi Field
Context Type:   Surface
Title:   3rd pebble surface
Category:   Deposit
Notebook:   1101
Context:   5566
Page:   0
Date:   2008/05/20
Stratum:   Fine to large pebbles, all shapes. Tile. 50%
Description:   Top slope of the context is level. The soil color is very dark reddish brown. The soil compaction is hard. The soil is poorly sorted. It is sandy silt.
Notes:   We are removing a pebbly surface from below pebbly surfaces 5564 and 5565. We expose less pebbly dark soil. Like 5564, this context abuts Wall 5463 on its north and is otherwise cut by Pit Cut 5557. On its west, it is cut by N-S robbing trench for Wall 71. On its south, it is cut by Cut 5551.
Context Pottery:   Fineware. premedieval13 bodysherds. ; Fineware. plain glazed, unslipped (800-1100), chafing dish. 1 rim. ; Fineware. ww plain (700-1120)2 bodysherds. ; Fineware. plain glazed, unslipped (800-1100)3 bodysherds. ; Coarseware. amphora. 1 handle. 7 bodysherds. ; Coarseware. cloche lid. 1 rim. 7 bodysherds.
Pottery Summary:   18 frag(s) 0.01 kg. (0% saved) fineware.
    152 frag(s) 1.3 kg. (0% saved) coarseware.
    54 frag(s) 0.3 kg. (0% saved) cooking ware.
Context Artifacts:   glass clear green 1 yellowish 1colorless 2 greenish 3 bluish 4; iron lumps 3; glass clear colorless 2 yellowish 1; iron nail round shank 2 square shank 1
Period:   Late Byzantine (1059-1210 AD)
Chronology:   late 11th early 12th
Grid:   268.12-266.16E, 1034.12-1035.32N
XMin:   266.16
XMax:   268.12
YMin:   1034.12
YMax:   1035.32
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
Masl:   84.7-84.78m.
References:   Report: Nezi Field 2008 by Jody Cundy and Megan Thompsen (2008-04-07 to 2008-06-13)
Coin: 2008 145