Corinth Basket Nezi Field, context 1090

Collection:		Corinth
Type:		Basket
Name:		Nezi Field, context 1090
Area:		Nezi Field
Context Type:		Deposit
Title:		Triangular Fill Area West of Wall 1007
Category:		Deposit
Notebook:		1107
Context:		1090
Page:		0
Date:		2013/04/29
Stratum:		15% inclusions; higher ceramics proportion than previous contexts (1088-1089); pebbles, cobbles, fragments of pebble pavement, charcoal, glass, slag, iron
Description:		Top slope of the context is slight down to the N. The soil color is dark yellowish brown. The soil compaction is compact. The soil is poorly sorted. It is silty sand.
Notes:		We are excavating this context to determine if the fill level of 1085 continues for the entire area between 918 and 807 up to 1007. If this is the case, it will bring this entire East section to the level of 1085. This excavation should also determine if the soft "pit"? area discovered in 1088 is a pit or just a small discrepency of soil. It also removes the cutting that was revealed in 1009. This fill revealed a larger proportion of finds and ceramics than 1088. This includes an iron nailhead, glass, charcoal. In the southern portion there was a noticeable increase in iron and slag. A nice lamp was found near 1007 (nearly complete; point taken). Additional finds include a carbonized seed and wall plaster. Completion of excavation of the context revealed a flat surface even with the bottom of 1085. During excavation more of wall 1007 was revealed (i.e. lower courses). In the western and northern potion, there is a high concentration of cobbles and pebbles that is less compact than the surrounding area.
Context Pottery:		Coarseware. Late Roman, amphora. 1 bodysherd. combed with wavy line; Coarseware. corrugated basin1 rim. ; Coarseware. interior glazed, basin. 1 bodysherd. ; Fineware. preRoman87 bodysherds. ; Fineware. Arretine, unidentified. 1 bodysherd. ; Fineware. brittle ware3 bodysherds.
Pottery Summary:		87 frag(s) 0.4 kg. (0% saved) fineware.
		234 frag(s) 3.57 kg. (0% saved) coarseware.
		94 frag(s) 0.52 kg. (0% saved) cooking ware.
Context Artifacts:		glass, blue, 1 bs; iron, nail shaft fragments, round, 2; iron, tiny tack, l. 9 mm.; iron, rounded tack, d. 20 mm.; bronze, small uneven roundish piece; dark reddish-glazed lamp w/ raised cross+dot circle pattern around body + channel w/ ridge on top, complete except for handle + nozzle; similar shape (but different glaze color + pattern) to Broneer type XIX/Howland type 49A; L-1988-5?; painted plaster black 2; iron, rounded tack, l. 20 mm. d. 20 mm.; bronze, flat strip, l. 18 mm; wall plaster, yellow, 1; iron, nail shaft with tip preserved, l. 48 mm.; iron, small pieces, 4; iron slag 2; iron slag, 15 pieces; pebble flooring, 2 fragments; wall plaster, white, 1; glass, clear colorless, 1 bs; glass, dark, 2 bs
Period:		Late Roman (5th -6th c AD)
Chronology:		5th c.
Grid:		269.64-266.97E, 1011.82-1014.22N
XMin:		266.97
XMax:		269.64
YMin:		1011.82
YMax:		1014.22
Site:		Corinth
City:		Ancient Corinth
Country:		Greece
Masl:		85.87-86.19m.
References:		Object: L 2013 3