Corinth Basket: Nezi Field, context 6879 | Collection: | | Corinth | | Type: | | Basket | | Name: | | Nezi Field, context 6879 | | Area: | | Nezi Field | | Context Type: | | Fill | | Title: | | Built pithos fill | | Category: | | Deposit | | Notebook: | | 1104 | | Context: | | 6879 | | Page: | | 0 | | Date: | | 2010/05/10 | | Stratum: | | 10-15% inclusions: clay lumps, coarse pebbles, boulders (angular and tabular), pottery, iron and shell | | Description: | | Top slope of the context is level. The soil color is dark yellowish brown. The soil compaction is firm. The soil is poorly sorted. It is silty clay. | | Notes: | | 6879 is fill in built pithos 6881. Context ws opened after coming upon distinctly yellowish clay soil. Excavation proceeded: a flotation sample was taken and the remainder of the soil was dry-sieved. Some bits of white plaster from the interior facing of the pithos fell into the soil during excavation. 6879 was closed when the built bottom of the pithos was revealed. | | Context Pottery: | | Fineware. 3 bodysherds. ; Coarseware. amphora. 2 bodysherds. | | Pottery Summary: | | 3 frag(s) 0.01 kg. (0% saved) fineware. | | | | 71 frag(s) 0.64 kg. (0% saved) coarseware. | | | | 9 frag(s) 0.01 kg. (0% saved) cooking ware. | | Context Artifacts: | | Shell murex 1; unidentified 1; iron sheet with bronze nails (4) with square hole in middle, 3 fragments; bronze ring 1; Bone- of Aves, md (Bird - Medium) - 1 example(s).; Bone- cranial of Mammalia, md (Mammal - Medium) - 2 example(s).; Bone- limb bone, undiff. of Mammalia, md (Mammal - Medium) - 5 example(s).; Bone- mandible w/teeth of Sus scrofa (Wild Boar or Domestic Pig) - 1 example(s).; Bone- metapodial of Mammalia, md (Mammal - Medium) - 1 example(s).; Bone- metapodial of Sus scrofa (Wild Boar or Domestic Pig) - 1 example(s).; Bone- rib of Mammalia, md (Mammal - Medium) - 1 example(s). | | Period: | | Byzantine | | Grid: | | 264.25-263.65E, 1036.7-1037.3N | | XMin: | | 263.65 | | XMax: | | 264.25 | | YMin: | | 1036.7 | | YMax: | | 1037.3 | | Site: | | Corinth | | City: | | Ancient Corinth | | Country: | | Greece | | Masl: | | 82.71-82.82m. | | References: | | Report: Nezi Field 2010 by Dominic Galante, Christina Trego (2010-05-03 to 2010-05-21)
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