Corinth Basket: Nezi Field, context 7072
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Basket
Name:   Nezi Field, context 7072
Area:   Nezi Field
Context Type:   Fill
Title:   fill
Category:   Deposit
Notebook:   1104
Context:   7072
Page:   0
Date:   2010/06/02
Stratum:   20% ceramics, tile, small stones, charcoal, bone
Description:   Top slope of the context is moderate down to the S. The soil color is light yellowish brown. The soil compaction is stongly cemented. The soil is well sorted. It is clayey sand.
Notes:   We are excavating 7072, which is a fill that abuts wall 5562 to the north and is truncated by pit 6840. We are trying to test the various hypothesis for this area as put forward in notes of context 7067.
Context Pottery:   Coarseware. pedestal plate. 1 rim. ; Fineware. pre medieval3 bodysherds. ; Fineware. pre roman10 bodysherds. ; Coarseware. basin. ; Coarseware. stamnos. 1 rim.
Pottery Summary:   10 frag(s) 0.04 kg. (0% saved) fineware.
    58 frag(s) 1.14 kg. (0% saved) coarseware.
    24 frag(s) 0.16 kg. (0% saved) cooking ware.
Context Artifacts:   glass clear transparent bs 2, bowl with infolded lip rim 1 (cf Jalame 51.91., open vessel with trail handle 1 (cf Jalame 69.258); shell murex 1; Bone- limb bone, undiff. of Mammalia, md (Mammal - Medium) - 5 example(s).; Bone- metapodial of Sus scrofa (Wild Boar or Domestic Pig) - 1 example(s).; Bone- phalanx of Sus scrofa (Wild Boar or Domestic Pig) - 1 example(s).; Bone- rib of Mammalia, md (Mammal - Medium) - 1 example(s).; Bone- scapula of Sus scrofa (Wild Boar or Domestic Pig) - 1 example(s).; Bone- shaft, proximal radius of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 1 example(s).; Bone- tarsal, astragalus of Sus scrofa (Wild Boar or Domestic Pig) - 1 example(s).
Period:   Byzantine
Chronology:   11th npd
Grid:   268.89-266.53E, 1039.6-1041.2N
XMin:   266.53
XMax:   268.89
YMin:   1039.6
YMax:   1041.2
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
Masl:   84.1-84.27m.
References:   Report: Nezi Field 2010 by Johanna Best (2010-05-31 to 2010-06-18)