Corinth Basket Nezi Field, context 593

Collection:		Corinth
Type:		Basket
Name:		Nezi Field, context 593
Area:		Nezi Field
Context Type:		Fill
Title:		Rubbly Fill in Room west of wall 332
Category:		Deposit
Notebook:		1103
Context:		593
Page:		0
Date:		2009/06/01
Stratum:		90% fine-coarse pebbles, many cobbles and roof tile fragments, pottery and bone
Description:		Top slope of the context is level. The soil color is dark reddish brown. The soil compaction is compact. The soil is poorly sorted. It is sandy silt.
Notes:		After cleaning the north eastern part of the room bounded by walls 366, 332, 365 and 306, we again turn our attention to the area around the drain. Deposit context 593 is a rubbly layer of fill. It lies south of wall 336 and west of wall 332. To the east it abuts the north side of structure 346, which is either a well or storage pit at the center of the room. To the west, the fill ran up to the covered drain 426, abutting the edge. The removal of deposit 593 revealed a lens of dark brownish black fill with significantly fewer inclusions. We investigated the north side of structure 346 (well/ storage structure) and we did not find a cut for the structure. This suggests that 593 was fill abutting and laid against the stones of structure 346. We speculate that the cut for structure 346 is underneath the paving stones associated with that structure. Deposit 593 extended on both the east and west sides of drain 426. The removal of 593 exposed the bottom of the drain covers. We recovered a blue glass bead with white piping. Removing fill 593 has revealed the bottoms of the cover slabs of drain 426. These slabs sit on top of roof tile fragments or small blocks. There is one large block on which the slabs sit.
Context Pottery:		Coarseware. triangular rim amphora (1100-1260)1 rim. 2 bodysherds. ; Fineware. slipped plain glazed (1100-1300), cup. 1 rim. 1 bodysherd. ; Fineware. veneto, chafing dish. 1 bodysherd. ; Fineware. slipped plain glazed (1100-1300), plate. 1 bodysherd. ; Fineware. glaze painted I/II, slipped (1130-1150), cup. 1 handle. ; Fineware. premedieval16 bodysherds. ; Fineware. 11th century25 bodysherds.
Pottery Summary:		52 frag(s) 0.32 kg. (0% saved) fineware.
		886 frag(s) 11.8 kg. (0% saved) coarseware.
		245 frag(s) 2.15 kg. (0% saved) cooking ware.
Context Artifacts:		bronze pin 1, lump 1; shell cockle 1; Bone- Not in Table - 1 example(s).; iron nail 4, shafts 7, head 1, pin 1, shaft 3, lumps 27, strip 5, rod 1, door handle 1, triangle with rounded corners and attachment 1, knife blade with tang 1; glass clear green bs 1, yellowish bs 1, bluish bs 4, cup with thickened lip rim 1; glass clear bluish bs 3, blue bs 1, yellowish bs 2, colorless bs 5, handle 1, brownish bs 1, bowl with applied blue thread bs 1, goblet foot 1, bowl with raised blue bands as MF3565 bs 1; Bone- cranial of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 4 example(s).; Bone- cranial of Sus scrofa (Wild Boar or Domestic Pig) - 1 example(s).; Bone- cranial,maxilla with teeth of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 2 example(s).; Bone- femur of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 2 fragment(s). ; Bone- horncore of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 1 example(s).; Bone- humerus of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 9 fragment(s). ; Bone- indeterminate of Mammalia, md (Mammal - Medium) - 7 example(s).; Bone- innominate of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 2 example(s).; Bone- innominate of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 1 example(s).; Bone- limb bone, undiff. of Mammalia, md (Mammal - Medium) - 29 fragment(s). ; Bone- limb bone, undiff. of Mammalia, md (Mammal - Medium) - 2 fragment(s). ; Bone- mandible w/teeth of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 1 example(s).; Bone- mandible w/teeth of Sus scrofa (Wild Boar or Domestic Pig) - 1 example(s).; Bone- metapodial of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 6 fragment(s). ; Bone- metapodial of Sus scrofa (Wild Boar or Domestic Pig) - 1 complete example(s). ; Bone- metapodial of Sus scrofa (Wild Boar or Domestic Pig) - 1 fragment(s). ; Bone- phalanx of B. taurus (Cattle) - 1 example(s).; Bone- phalanx of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 2 example(s).; Bone- phalanx of Sus scrofa (Wild Boar or Domestic Pig) - 2 example(s).; Bone- radius of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 7 fragment(s). ; Bone- radius of Sus scrofa (Wild Boar or Domestic Pig) - 2 fragment(s). ; Bone- rib of Mammalia, md (Mammal - Medium) - 12 example(s).; Bone- rib of Sus scrofa (Wild Boar or Domestic Pig) - 1 example(s).; Bone- scapula of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 4 example(s).; Bone- scapula of Sus scrofa (Wild Boar or Domestic Pig) - 1 example(s).; Bone- tarsal, astragalus of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 2 example(s).; Bone- tibia of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 5 fragment(s). ; Bone- tibia of Oryctolagus cuniculus (Rabbit - Domestic) - 1 fragment(s). ; Bone- tibia of Sus scrofa (Wild Boar or Domestic Pig) - 2 fragment(s). ; Bone- tooth of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 9 example(s).; Bone- tooth of Sus scrofa (Wild Boar or Domestic Pig) - 3 example(s).; Bone- vertebrae of Mammalia, md (Mammal - Medium) - 3 example(s).; Bone- vertebrae, axis of Sus scrofa (Wild Boar or Domestic Pig) - 1 example(s).; Bone- vertebrae, cervical of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 2 example(s).; Bone- vertebrae, lumbar of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 1 example(s).; Bone- vertebrae, lumbar of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 2 example(s).; Bone- vertebrae, lumbar of Sus scrofa (Wild Boar or Domestic Pig) - 1 example(s).; Bone- vertebrae, thoracic of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 4 example(s).
Period:		Late Byzantine (1059-1210 AD)
Chronology:		mid-twelfth
Grid:		262.2-259.1E, 1002.3-1006.1N
XMin:		259.1
XMax:		262.2
YMin:		1002.3
YMax:		1006.1
Site:		Corinth
City:		Ancient Corinth
Country:		Greece
Masl:		86.83-86.95m.
References:		Report: Nezi Field 2009 by Jody Cundy and Dina Boero (2009-06-19 to 2009-06-20) Object: MF 2009 28 Coin: 2009 165