Corinth Basket Nezi Field, context 7203

Collection:		Corinth
Type:		Basket
Name:		Nezi Field, context 7203
Area:		Nezi Field
Context Type:		Fill
Title:		fill of robbing trench
Category:		Deposit
Notebook:		1104
Context:		7203
Page:		0
Date:		2010/06/10
Stratum:		20% tile, large and medium pebbles
Description:		Top slope of the context is moderate down to the N. The soil color is dark greyish brown. The soil compaction is soft. The soil is poorly sorted. It is silty sand.
Notes:		We are excavatin filll 7203. This is a difficult area of stratigraphy due to trenches 5802 and 5678. We are excavating this so that we can move further to the east. We have found that the 2008 team left this portion of robbing trench 5802 undug as they wished to support wall 5678. We are now digging 7203 as the fill of 7204, but we now know that 5777=7203 and 5802 = 7204. The context has expanded a bit to include the rest of the east half of the robbing trench. We are switching to sieving 75%. Due to stratigraphical difficulties along the north baulk (see notes for 7204), we are confining our excavation of this context to south of 1045.5N. We are also leaving a ca. 20 cm martyr on the south end of the context. At the south end of the context, PK has revealed a more brown fill of an earlier cut.
Context Pottery:		Cooking ware. collar rim stew pot (1000-1100)1 rim. (saved to lot) .; Coarseware. pedestal, bowl. 2 rims. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. ww plain (700-1120), chafing dish. 1 bodysherd. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. ww plain (700-1120), cup. 1 rim. 1 bodysherd. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. ww plain (700-1120), unidentified. 2 bodysherds. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. pre medieval39 bodysherds. ; Coarseware. painted, pitcher. 1 bodysherd. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. ww plain (700-1120), bowl. 1 bodysherd. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. polychrome, plate. 1 rim. (saved to lot) .; Coarseware. pitcher. 1 bodysherd. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. ww plain (700-1120), plate. 1 bodysherd. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. ww plain (700-1120), mug. (saved to lot) .; Fineware. ww painted (700-1120), plate. 1 bodysherd. (saved to lot) .
Pottery Summary:		46 frag(s) 0.21 kg. (17% saved) fineware.
		384 frag(s) 6.15 kg. (1% saved) coarseware.
		158 frag(s) 1.3 kg. (1% saved) cooking ware.
Context Artifacts:		lead lump 1; iron lump 3, nail round head round shaft 1; marble basin bs 1; Bone- 6 of Mammalia, md (Mammal - Medium) - 1 example(s).; glass clear bs 11 rim 1, yellow bs 1, green bs 3, blue thickened rim 1; bronze lump 4; bronze animal attachment 1 (saved to lot); iron stake 1; shell murex 8 spondylus gaederopus 1; Bone- coracoid of Aves, md (Bird - Medium) - 1 example(s).; Bone- cranial of Mammalia, md (Mammal - Medium) - 10 example(s).; Bone- distal ephiphysis metapodial of Mammalia, lg (Mammal - Large) - 1 example(s).; Bone- distal ephiphysis metapodial of Mammalia, md (Mammal - Medium) - 1 example(s).; Bone- humerus of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 1 example(s).; Bone- humerus of Mammalia, md (Mammal - Medium) - 1 example(s).; Bone- innominate of Mammalia, md (Mammal - Medium) - 3 example(s).; Bone- limb bone, undiff. of Aves, md (Bird - Medium) - 3 example(s).; Bone- limb bone, undiff. of Mammalia, md (Mammal - Medium) - 36 example(s).; Bone- mandible of Mammalia, md (Mammal - Medium) - 2 example(s).; Bone- mandible w/teeth of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 1 example(s).; Bone- metacarpal of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 2 example(s).; Bone- metapodial of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 1 example(s).; Bone- metapodial of Mammalia, lg (Mammal - Large) - 1 example(s).; Bone- metapodial of Sus scrofa (Wild Boar or Domestic Pig) - 5 example(s).; Bone- metatarsal of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 2 example(s).; Bone- phalanx of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 1 example(s).; Bone- phalanx of Sus scrofa (Wild Boar or Domestic Pig) - 2 example(s).; Bone- radius of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 3 example(s).; Bone- rib of Mammalia, md (Mammal - Medium) - 20 example(s).; Bone- scapula of Mammalia, md (Mammal - Medium) - 3 example(s).; Bone- shaft limb bone, undiff. of Mammalia, lg (Mammal - Large) - 2 example(s).; Bone- shaft tibia of Mammalia, md (Mammal - Medium) - 2 example(s).; Bone- shaft, distal tibia of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 2 example(s).; Bone- tarsal, astragalus of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 4 example(s).; Bone- tooth of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 2 example(s).; Bone- tooth of Sus scrofa (Wild Boar or Domestic Pig) - 2 example(s).; Bone- ulna of Capra aegagrus hircus (Sheep/Goat) - 1 example(s).; Bone- vertebrae of Mammalia, md (Mammal - Medium) - 15 example(s).; Bone- vertebrae, axis of Mammalia, md (Mammal - Medium) - 1 example(s).
Period:		Middle Byzantine (802-1058 AD)
Chronology:		11th npd
Grid:		266.3-265.68E, 1042.97-1045.41N
XMin:		265.68
XMax:		266.3
YMin:		1042.97
YMax:		1045.41
Site:		Corinth
City:		Ancient Corinth
Country:		Greece
Masl:		83.15-84.06m.
References:		Report: Nezi Field 2010 by Johanna Best (2010-05-31 to 2010-06-18) Object: MF 2010 5 Coin: 2010 139 Coin: 2010 140