| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Basket | |
| Name: | Nezi Field, context 642 | |
| Area: | Nezi Field | |
| Title: | Section of ashy pit | |
| Category: | Deposit | |
| Notebook: | 1106 | |
| Context: | 642 | |
| Page: | 0 | |
| Date: | 2012/04/04 | |
| Lot: | Lot 2012-002 | |
| Stratum: | sandy silt with ash, tiles, bones, burnt bones, sea shells, pottery, iron, carbon, course and fine pebbles, boulders, bronze, coin, fragments of white plaster | |
| Description: | The soil color is dark yellowish brown. The soil compaction is loose. The soil is very poorly sorted. It is sandy silt. | |
| Notes: | We decided to dig a section to explore the relationship between 12th century white clay (context 638) and ashy pit. To the east more stones and tile appear. We stopped digging on the west side because the red clay appeared and the northern boundary on the west side for the same reason. During sieving (100%) we found Coin #12 (very approximately, 86.88 EL; E 262.84, N 1007.62). During sieving a lot of bones, some burnt, and seashells appeared. Other organic material included carbon and what was thought by Christos to be egg shells, but may just be fine bone fragments and shells. Other finds included nails, bronze, a mosaic tessera, fragments of painted wall, large quanities of iron, plaster, and glass. After 60 buckets the soil to the south bordering wall 366 had fewer inclusions (down ~40 % from ~70% before. 80 buckets and 4 soil samples by end of day (4 April 2012). Date 5 April 2012: To continue excavation of 642 along wall 540 we removed structure 653. For this section of the pit see 657. We finished this context when the shape of the ashy pit became more well defined, bordered by red clay to E. During carbon sorting we found some large pieces of wood, 1-2 cm. In museum among glass fragments we found a thumb indented cup, base 1, and a body sherd of clear colorless glass with applied decoration in greenish tinge. Total bucket count: 114. 6 total soil samples | |
| Context Pottery: | Fineware. ww painted (700-1120), pitcher. 1 bodysherd. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. plain glazed, unslipped (800-1100), chafing dish. 1 rim. 5 bodysherds. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. ww polychrome (1050-1120), cup. 1 rim. 5 bodysherds. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. plain glazed, unslipped (800-1100), lamp. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. plain glazed, unslipped (800-1100), pitcher. 2 bodysherds. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. light on dark I, slip painted (1100-1125), bowl. 1 bodysherd. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. ww impressed, plate. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. ww plain (700-1120)4 rims. 20 bodysherds. (saved to lot) .unidentified; Fineware. ww plain (700-1120), pitcher. 1 bodysherd. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. wwimpressed, cup. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. slipped plain glazed (1100-1300), cup. (saved to lot) .imitation polychrome; Fineware. ww plain (700-1120), plate. 1 rim. 5 bodysherds. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. crucible. 1 rim. (saved to lot) .; Cooking ware. triangular rim stew pot (1100-1270)1 rim. early; Fineware. pre medieval47 bodysherds. ; Cooking ware. concave thickened rim stewpot (800-950)1 rim. (saved to lot) .sparkly fabric; Fineware. ww plain, quatre foil. 1 rim. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. pre Roman101 bodysherds. ; Cooking ware. collar rim stew pot (1000-1100)5 rims. ; Fineware. ww painted (700-1120), cup. 2 bodysherds. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. ww polychrome (1050-1120), pitcher. 1 bodysherd. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. ww plain (700-1120), mug. 1 rim. 1 handle. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. ww polychrome (1050-1120), plate. 1 bodysherd. (saved to lot) . | |
| Pottery Summary: | 233 frag(s) 0.99 kg. (29% saved) fineware. | |
| 1759 frag(s) 20.3 kg. (0% saved) coarseware. | ||
| 557 frag(s) 5.24 kg. (0% saved) cooking ware. | ||
| Context Artifacts: | stone, grey, mosaic tessera, 1; wall plaster, pink, 2; carbon, 2 handfuls; glass, clear, greenish tinge, bezel, 1; iron, nail, square, 1; lead, incised strip, 2; marble, 2; glass, clear, greenish blue, bottle, b, 1; iron, hook, 1; iron, nails, square shank, 11; iron, nails, round shank, 17; obsidian, bladelet, 1; glass, clear, yellowish tinge, bs 4, b, 1; iron slag, 71; wall plaster painted, white, 2; glass,clear, blue, 2; tooth, 1; shell, marine, 2; bone, pin shaft, 1; bone, fragments, 5; bronze, earring, 1 (saved to lot); glass, clear, blue, bs, 1; clay, vitrified, 1; iron, fragments, 2; bronze, 4; bronze, DELETE; glass, clear, greenish blue, b, 3, rim, 9, bs, 10; bronze, earring, 1; shell, land, 6; glass, clear, colorless, bs, 27, rim, 4, b, 2; bronze, ring, 1; glass, clear, greenish tinge, bs, 12, rim, 1; wall plaster, yellow, 2; iron, hook, 1; wall plaster, red, 2; glass, clear, horizontal incised band, purple streak, rim, 1 | |
| Period: | Byzantine | |
| Chronology: | early 12th | |
| Grid: | 264.01-260.09E, 1007-1009.53N | |
| XMin: | 260.09 | |
| XMax: | 264.01 | |
| YMin: | 1007 | |
| YMax: | 1009.53 | |
| Site: | Corinth | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| Masl: | 86.34-86.89m. | |
| References: | Report: Nezi Field 2012 by Rachel McCleery/Sarah Miller (2012-04-03 to 2012-04-20) Coin: 2012 12 |