| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Basket | |
| Name: | Nezi Field, context 6892 | |
| Area: | Nezi Field | |
| Context Type: | Fill | |
| Title: | Fill below paving stones | |
| Category: | Deposit | |
| Notebook: | 1104 | |
| Context: | 6892 | |
| Page: | 0 | |
| Date: | 2010/05/11 | |
| Lot: | Lot 2010-016 | |
| Stratum: | 20% tile, sherds, pebbles, cobbles | |
| Description: | Top slope of the context is level. The soil color is dark reddish brown. The soil compaction is firm. The soil is moderately sorted. It is clayey silt. | |
| Notes: | 6892 is directly beneath and the same shape as the paving stone structure 6190, which we removed.The soil is reddish clay with cobbles, tile, and sherds. A very small amount of ash was in the south east. We stopped upon hitting a harder reddish soil. | |
| Context Pottery: | Fineware. Arretine (saved to lot) .; Coarseware. pithos. 1 bodysherd. ; Cooking ware. concave thickened rim stewpot (800-950)1 rim. ; Cooking ware. beaker2 bodysherds. (saved to lot) .; Cooking ware. stewpot (saved to lot) .; Fineware. neolithic black burnished1 bodysherd. (saved to lot) .; Cooking ware. stewport1 handle. 4 bodysherds. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. AfRs; Fineware. Preroman32 bodysherds. ; Cooking ware. triangular rim stew pot (1100-1270)1 rim. | |
| Pottery Summary: | 59 frag(s) 0.43 kg. (2% saved) fineware. | |
| 610 frag(s) 13.94 kg. (0% saved) coarseware. | ||
| 154 frag(s) 1.54 kg. (9% saved) cooking ware. | ||
| Context Artifacts: | revetment grey one; lead sheet 1, L.0.049 TH. 0.014; mys one; shell murex 1, unid 1; revetment white 1; iron lump 1; Bone- coracoid of Aves, md (Bird - Medium) - 1 example(s).; Bone- cranial of Mammalia, md (Mammal - Medium) - 12 example(s).; Bone- distal femur of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 1 example(s).; Bone- distal humerus of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 1 example(s).; Bone- horncore of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 2 example(s).; Bone- indeterminate of Mammalia, md (Mammal - Medium) - 2 example(s).; Bone- innominate of Mammalia, md (Mammal - Medium) - 1 example(s).; Bone- limb bone, undiff. of Mammalia, lg (Mammal - Large) - 4 example(s).; Bone- limb bone, undiff. of Mammalia, md (Mammal - Medium) - 8 example(s).; Bone- metapodial of Sus scrofa (Wild Boar or Domestic Pig) - 3 example(s).; Bone- proximal femur of Mammalia, lg (Mammal - Large) - 1 example(s).; Bone- rib of Mammalia, md (Mammal - Medium) - 4 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- shaft, distal radius of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 1 example(s).; Bone- shaft, distal tibia of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 2 example(s).; Bone- shaft, distal tibia of Mammalia, lg (Mammal - Large) - 1 example(s).; Bone- shaft, proximal ulna of Mammalia, lg (Mammal - Large) - 1 example(s).; Bone- tarsal, astragalus of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 1 example(s).; Bone- tarsal, calcaneus of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 2 example(s).; Bone- tooth of Equus sp (Horse, Ass Family) - 6 example(s).; Bone- tooth of Sus scrofa (Wild Boar or Domestic Pig) - 1 example(s).; Bone- vertebrae of Mammalia, md (Mammal - Medium) - 4 example(s). | |
| Period: | Early Byzantine (610-802 AD) | |
| Chronology: | late 7th-8th century with one 12th century contaminant | |
| Grid: | 276.9-274.39E, 1024.37-1025.85N | |
| XMin: | 274.39 | |
| XMax: | 276.9 | |
| YMin: | 1024.37 | |
| YMax: | 1025.85 | |
| Site: | Corinth | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| Masl: | 84.07-84.38m. | |
| References: | Coin: 2010 72 Coin: 2010 73 |