Corinth Basket Nezi Field, context 6423

Collection:		Corinth
Type:		Basket
Name:		Nezi Field, context 6423
Area:		Nezi Field
Context Type:		Fill
Title:		Dark Red fill
Category:		Deposit
Notebook:		1103
Context:		6423
Page:		0
Date:		2009/05/15
Stratum:		Ceramics, bone, ash, lime mortar, stones (small-medium subrounded angular pebbles) ca. 30% inclusions
Description:		The soil color is dark reddish brown. The soil compaction is firm. The soil is moderately sorted. It is clayey silt.
Notes:		Context 6423 is a dark reddish fill in the southern part of the courtyard of the Byzantine house, a portion of which was excavated as context 6276. Excavation of 6276 was interrupted when it was realized that structure 10112 lay on top of it as well as staircase 6296. Permit restrictions prevent us from removing the staircase, and it may be decided never to do so. Thus, we have decided to pedestal the staircase, leaving a martyr, in order to continue excavation in this area. 6423=6276 was also overlaid by tile-built surface 6293. Coint 2009-116 was recovered from this context. After surface was revealed below this context in the north, and thus 3/4 through the context, we decided to sieve the contents of this fill, in case objects resting on the floor may be preserved. As the fill was being collected for sieving, a lead bulla was found, which if the name can be found in prosopography, could be a very precise criterion for dating. Could not identify equivalent 2008 context.
Context Pottery:		Fineware. ww plain (700-1120), unidentified. 1 bodysherd. ; Fineware. Premedieval18 bodysherds. ; Fineware. ww plain (700-1120), cut. 1 bodysherd. ; Fineware. ww slip painted (700-1120), unidentified. 1 bodysherd.
Pottery Summary:		23 frag(s) 0.12 kg. (0% saved) fineware.
		259 frag(s) 3.42 kg. (0% saved) coarseware.
		76 frag(s) 0.54 kg. (0% saved) cooking ware.
Context Artifacts:		iron nail with rectangular shaft 1; Bone- Not in Table - 1 example(s).; glass clear; tubular ring base (jug/bottle?) Base 1; BS 1; Bone- carpal/tarsal of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 1 example(s).; Bone- cranial of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 1 example(s).; Bone- cranial,maxilla with teeth of Sus scrofa (Wild Boar or Domestic Pig) - 1 example(s).; Bone- femur of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 3 fragment(s). ; Bone- femur of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 2 fragment(s). ; Bone- indeterminate of Mammalia, md (Mammal - Medium) - 6 example(s).; Bone- innominate of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 1 example(s).; Bone- limb bone, undiff. of Aves, md (Bird - Medium) - 1 example(s).; Bone- metapodial of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 1 fragment(s). ; Bone- metapodial of Sus scrofa (Wild Boar or Domestic Pig) - 1 fragment(s). ; Bone- metapodial of Sus scrofa (Wild Boar or Domestic Pig) - 1 fragment(s). ; Bone- phalanx of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 1 example(s).; Bone- rib of Mammalia, md (Mammal - Medium) - 11 example(s).; Bone- scapula of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 1 example(s).; Bone- scapula of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 2 example(s).; Bone- tarsal, calcaneus of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 1 example(s).; Bone- tooth of Sus scrofa (Wild Boar or Domestic Pig) - 1 example(s).; Bone- tooth, incisor of Equus sp (Horse, Ass Family) - 1 example(s).; Bone- ulna of Aves, md (Bird - Medium) - 1 example(s).; Bone- vertebrae of Mammalia, lg (Mammal - Large) - 3 example(s).; Bone- vertebrae of Mammalia, md (Mammal - Medium) - 1 example(s).
Period:		Late Byzantine (1059-1210 AD)
Chronology:		late 11th-very early 12th
Grid:		269.64-267.59E, 1028.08-1030.76N
XMin:		267.59
XMax:		269.64
YMin:		1028.08
YMax:		1030.76
Site:		Corinth
City:		Ancient Corinth
Country:		Greece
Masl:		84.54-84.7m.
References:		Report: Nezi Field 2009 by William Bruce, Scott Gallimore (2009-04-27 to 2009-05-15) Object: MF 2009 10 Coin: 2009 116